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Wilting Lotus
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 Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: alternator problems |
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| ok, i have an alternator. for some reason the gen light has came on. the alternator is brand new and was working right day before yesterday. what could be the problem? ive tried everythng i could think of so far, i removed the battery cable to see if the alternator is giving a charge and the engine dies. i removed the wire going to the idiot light, and it stays on. so i think there's a short somewhere (am i right about this?) and the alternator has an internal Voltage regulator but i also have the original VR underneath the back seat. will this cause any problems? |
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2002sportside
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Yes. You need to remove the regulator under the seat. The three red wires go together. Then the blue and green go together. The brown can be taped off, it is not needed. Hopefully you did not fry your new alt by running it with the other regulator in there.
A link... http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/schem/gen_alt.htm
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Wilting Lotus
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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awsome, thanks  i hope i didnt fry it either..  |
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Wilting Lotus
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| good news i did everything you said to do and it worked i didnt fry the alternator, thanks i appreciate the help |
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2002sportside
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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No problem, thats why we're here. Glad you got it all worked out. Just make sure the wires stay together. I ended up using a car audio distribution block to connect them. Eventually I'll replace the wiring with continuous runs.
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