charging problem, replacement radio?

[Avi Meron]

Brother Andrew,
This is message from............(I don't want to get in a pissin# discussion
with our religious sector!).
Anyway, what might also happen, is a bad contact between his reg. and the
slip rings, when he revs up the engine he is creating a better contact that
stays on when he drops to idle, for a while anyway.  It is a fairly common
problem from the reasons you outlined in your message,
Take care, and thanks for your input, of course I am standing by to help
with a juiced up 150AMP alt. ready to go,
Avi

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Andrew Duane USG
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:34 AM
To: jos1 at cornell.edu
Cc: Quattro List
Subject: Re: charging problem, replacement radio?

Hairy green toads from Mars made jos1 at cornell.edu say:

> I have a peculiar charging problem on my '89 100Q: neither digital nor
> analog gauge show any charge from cold start before approx 3500rpm --
> after hitting this rpm range it charges fine at any rpm.  Changed out
> the (damn expensive!) voltage regulator, with no change in symptoms.
> Anyone have a clue? (FWIW, the console battery/charge light no longer
> functions either).

Corroded field exciter wire. Common failure point.
There's a small blue wire that goes to the back of the
alternator. This "charges" the alternator so it starts
producing current, sort of like priming a pump.

They often corrode from road salt and break. Pop the
back plastic cover off the alternator and take a look.
The corrosion is usually right at the spade lug that
connects to the alternator. A cut an inch off my wire,
crimped a new lug on, and voila.....

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)                 duane at zk3.dec.com
Compaq Computer Corporation             (603)-884-1294
110 Spit Brook Road
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Nashua, NH    03062-2698

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