[V8] flickering lights, voltage regulator? SOLVED

[Mike LaRosa]

nice, I like cheap fixes :)

Mike,

--- Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tonight, I went out and under, removed the belly pan
> and rear covers of the
> alternator. Was looking for the obvious. The ground
> wire for the voltage
> stabilizer was not tight. Not it. Removed the
> voltage regulator, noting that
> it was not very snugged down. It looked relatively
> new as I had hoped since
> the alt is a 2-year old rebuilt. Cleaned it and
> found a small bolt to
> replace one of the screws with so I could be sure to
> get it snug since it's
> the ground point for the VR and both damn screws are
> completely blocked by
> other stuff. Anyway, with the VR clean and tight,
> the flickering is gone.
> Thanks for all the input. That's what motivated me
> to just go in and see
> what I would find.
>  Ed
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