Date:         Sat, 7 May 2005 10:27:17 -0600
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Alternator Light Still On After Replacing Broken Belt - 87
              Westy w. AC
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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