low volts, not charging '90 200

[Joshua Van Tol]

Did the alternator light come on? Even if it didn't, the alternator is a
good first place to look. Also, there's a splice in the harness near the
passenger's left foot that can go high resistance, and cause a problem like
this.


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Nick Lawrence <nick at beol.net> wrote:

> '90 200 tqa,  while driving this morning my volts went very low.  On the
> analog guage, below the 12v mark, and 10+ - on the climate control read-out.
>  Measured volts with a Digital Fluke Meter at the cigarette lighter and at
> the battery read about 1v higher, almost 12v.
> Revving the engine doesn't seem to produce charge.
> Another obsevation, in the instrument cluster the water temp, oil temp and
> fule guage were reading noticibly lower than normal.
> My direction is to look at the alternator first.  Any other BTDT will be
> appreciated.
> Nick   central Ohio
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