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[Tom Nas]

"Greg Galinsky" <nokian at msn.com> wrote:

>I have noticed in the some other cars; namely Volvos; that the idiot lights
>all light up like a Christmas tree or flicker randomly if the diodes in the
>alt go bad.  They use a very similar Bosch setup.  The voltage feeds
>backwards and lights up the dash lights.  In the Volvos have not noticed the
>warning lights to all light up if the the brushes are short; causing
>intermittant charging.  Sometimes when the regulator portion goes I've seen
>all the idiot light go on.

When my 1978 80 GLS had the 'charge' light on all the time (even when the
key was out ouf the ignition), everyone suggested I check the alternator.
Sure enough, diodes dead. New alt, no more problems.

Tom