oh great brickboard members - help! Saturday night on the way home, Rover started surging, lost all power and the battery died on the side of rt 81 - 2 hours from home in the middle of a snowstorm. Dear hubby came up to rescue me, ploped in a new battery and off we went. Sunday AM it was fine doing the same 2hr drive, but on the way home again it started the stupid surging stuff, but thankfully I made it home. We took out the voltmeter and tested the battery, it wasn't charging when the car was running.
Ok, easy, the voltage regulator is shot, so we ordered one, replaced it and no dice, same problem. Removed the alternator, took it in to several parts stores to be tested, everyone said it was bad. Tried to replace it with the store model, but the fan/pulleys didn't fit. Go to yet another parts store, ask them to use the impact wrench to put the fan/pulleys back on for another test and the goober askes me the torq specifications - 3 ca-ca's I told him. Not in the mood. Hour drive later we make it to the store that has the 70 amp bosch alternator in stock, replaced that. Nothing. In our travels, a stator wire was mentioned, but no one seemed to know what it was or what it did - except our wonderful neighbor. So, we hooked the stator wire from the plug on the alternator to the battery feed, and YEAH! Rover was running, the battery was charging, life was good.
This morning - 2 volts on the battery while it was hooked up to the car, 5 volts unpluged. !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! No spare battery for the Scout, the other volvo is not registered/inspected, so here I sit, missing yet another day of work, and my f'n car won't run! Help!!!