Re: picked up the UrQ, couple things wrong...

["Ken Keith" <ken.keith@specialdevices.com>]

"John Corbishley" <gtr1@traverse.com>wrote:
> 
> >>2.  The alternator light is glowing faint red
> 
> My '83's has always glowed faintly.  Check current track #15 into the fuse
> box.  Mine was dicey for over a year and finally burned through.  It affected
> all sorts of things, including causing the control unit to cut out when the
> turn signals, brake lights or reversing lights were on (dropped the voltage).
> 
> My understanding is that the only way of making the faint glow go away is to
> upgrade the regulator??

Brief info and links for doing this on my webpage here:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/4153/index.html#alternator

Ken