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no idiot lites...dead battery...diodes? 200 1988

posted by  dhitep on  Sat Feb 15 11:44 CST 2003
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this is a rebuilt alternator from AutoZone, if the diodes went on it... would no grounding effect take place? ( I am thinking that when the "big" red wire broke off the Alt..that maybe it shorted the system?.. and I am still at a loss where the ground wire could have been... as I do remember "rigging" one when I replaced it last time) The replacement alternator did not have a very good grounding spot on it... today I backed out one of the screws holding the rectifier and attached the wire at that point...

the only reason that I haven't suspected the alternator immediately is the fact that I just had it checked a month ago at AutoZone (not that that says a lot!).. the alt has a lifetime warranty... so to do a switch would be only labor... and at 12 degrees outside... a bit of a pain.

also.... I had the problem previously with the lights cycling up and down on a constant base regardless of the engine speed..?

thanks

david





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