| Waaay off topic but i know someone knows [message #157833] |
Tue, 24 January 2012 07:12  |
Donovan-formerly Jase386
Messages: 139
Registered: January 2009
Location: Greenville SC
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friend has an 86 new yorker which was waaaaay over engineered. we cant find why it wont charge the battery when its running.
last night playing with a test light, i found that the isolated stud on the alternator (the one that goes to the starter) has a tiny trickle of ground on it.
i know thats not supposed to happen, and when the car is running sometimes we see arcing inside the alternator. Could this be our charging problem? someone told him it was the computer controled regulator so we already changed that out and still no luck.. and the alternator tests good on the bench at autozone. but that stud shouldnt have ANY ground on it.. so now im thinking there is our problem, its the damn alternator? am i getting excited for nothing? any ideas?
Donovan, Greenville SC
1975 Eleganza II
81,500 miles
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