On 5/7/05 10:04 AM, "Mike Finkbiner" <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I replaced my alternator with a Bosch rebuilt. It was > working fine, putting out 13-2-4 volts according to my Digitool. > > Last Sunday the alternator and O2 lights came on while driving, and the > voltage dropped to 11.5. It was only a couple of blocks from home so I > drove back and found the belt had broken. > > As it is on the inside, I replaced all three belts. (The PS belt is a > pain!) In the process I removed and replaced the alternator to get at the > coolant hose underneath it when I couldn't break the other end loose. > > Now the digitool shows 13.2 -3 volts, but the alternator and O2 lights > won't go out. I have revved up the engine a couple of times, with no > results. > > The alternator wires all look correct. The archives refet to a little blue > wire, but I don't see one that color. > > Any thoughts? > > Mike > > > Mike Finkbiner > '87 Westy > Moscow, ID > mike_l_f@hotmail.com > > "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look > upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." > > -- Mahatma Gandhi > > I could be inside of a black sleeve. Usually coming out of a harness going to the left side. Jimt |
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