Bad Voltage Regulator?

[Huw Powell]

> On my way to work this morning I notices the lights on my dash flickering.
> I then looked at my voltage gauge and noticed that it was fluctuating
> between 14 and 11.5 volts.  Upon further observation I noticed that when the
> RPM's were above Idle the voltage would drop.  When at idle the voltage
> would go back to a solid 14 volts.  To me this sounds like a voltage
> regulator going south.  Does this sound accurate or has anyone seen this
> before?

When the brushes on my coupe's VR were worn down it did the same thing.
  I replaced the brushes with some hardware store ones (had to sand them
down a bit...) because the VR was still in nice condition.

Had to drive home at below 2k rpm to avoid a dead battery... yuck... 50
mph on the interstate.

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Huw Powell

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