the curse of the blue wire?

[Huw Powell]

the only thing you haven't really checked, well, ok the two things... or
three are:

voltage regulator brushes for length (and VR function)
quality of grounds to alt and battery
alt output wire to battery/fusebox

ease of checking is in approximately that order...

Dave Aukerman wrote:
> 
> Victim:  89 200tqw has developed a charge problem that came and went.  Took
> alternator in to have rebuilt, only for the guy to ask why it was there, as
> it worked fine.  Belt was brand new and tight.  Decided to drive it the
> mechanic today and while running on battery power the car suddenly began
> charging again.  I've examined the under hood connector for the bue wire.  A
> bit of crud, but after cleaning and resnapping, the problem persisted.
> Voltage was showing with the key in the on position.  What gives?
> 
> Dave

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Huw Powell

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