i have also replaced the baterry cables
hey guys, i can not find this electrical problem for anything. i have replaced the battery, the alternator, the starter solenoid, and the voltage...
today i hooked up an actual tester to it and found out the battery is fine, but the alternator or the coil is bad. so im soaking some bolts with...
do i just use a regular 60watt household bulb?
belt is tight, all seems to be fine now. i have driven it with the lights on and everything, but now the alt. light stays on all the time. fires...
does anyone know what the timing is supposed to be set at? i think my '76 might have jumped some.
they didnt tell me what the amps where, they only said that the alt. and battery where good. they didnt disconnect the regulator.
well, i dont really know what's going on. i took it to autozone, and they said the battery and alternator are both good. i went ahead and got the...
thanks for the help so far guys. i wont have time before thursday to get to autozone for the test. i'll post an update then.
"identify which one of the two..." meaning the regulator and alternator?
and that will tell me where the problem is?
what do you mean by getting the system checked? as in taking each indvidual component off and having them tested?
does anyone know why my car would mysteriously drain its battery? here's the background info: -good battery (tested 1 month ago) -brand new...
i was wrong again. went to autozone, battery was bad alt. was good. should have it licked now.
well, it's my fault for not paying attention when i took the wires off in the first place. im just glad i got it figured out.
okay, i think i have it this time. i had a wire missplaced. i changed the wire i suspected of being wrong jumped it (since i ran on all battery...
well, i thought i had it. the battery is fine. i think now that i have one wire out of place. i'll know by the end of the day. i had it running...
thanks for all the info. guys. the mav is up and runnin' again.
^ thats what i thought, but everybody and their brother told me the opposite.
okay folks, i finally got my alternator out of my car and bought a new one. trouble is, i took the wires off of the alternator an entire year ago...
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