85 4kq intermittent loss of electrical power

[L DC]

Could be the alternator itself or its wiring??

When the battery icon lit up in my '87 QSW (same
engine drive train as yours), it turned out to be a
loose connection to the alternator.

I had taken the alternator off the previous day to
have it tested and guess did not tighten its wires
enough.


-Regards,

-Louis 







--- thorkq <thorkq at gmail.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> So I'm coming home from a nice camping trip in the
> Sierra foothills
> yesterday when the engine starts cutting out. The
> first couple times
> it was very brief and I thought about adding some
> injector cleaner the
> next time I fuel up. But then the cutouts got longer
> and more
> frequent. I noticed that while the cutout was
> occurring I would seem
> to loose power to my accessories, like the turn
> signals, and the
> battery icon on the dash would light up. I would
> coast for a few
> seconds and everything would be fine, engine starts
> running, turn
> signals work, battery icon goes off. The last 60-80
> miles of the drive
> were uneventful and it's not exhibiting the same
> problems today. Do
> these symptoms seem familiar to anyone?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Thor Heglund
> 85 4kq
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