Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 2009 10:36:19 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
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You may have the blue wire attached to the wrong place. There are some
other small studs that hold the case together but are not right for the
blue wire. If you attach it to one of these other posts, the dash led
will come on and stay on and charging will not occur. This may be
complicated by the fact that on some alternators the blue wire must
attach instead to a flat spade sticking out near the red wire post. The
blue wire must go to an exact spot, either a small threaded post right
near the the red wire post or to a male spade near the red wire post. If
you can take a photo and send it to me I can tell which version of the
alternator you have and tell you where the blue wire goes.

The other thing is, you need 2 screws holding the regulator pack in
place. One of the screws makes an electrical connection between the
regulator and the alternator itself.

Mark



Bobby Brown wrote:
> Alternator still not putting out volts to the system.
> Battery light on the dash just stays on, indicating a charging problem.
>
> More checking, I guess.
>
> Bobby
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Bobby Brown <bobbybrown1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gregory,
>> That's a BIG 10-4 on the little blue wire. I am about the 4th owner of this
>> van and I steady trying to rectify Previous Owners duct tape, hot-wire &
>> lazy repairs and maintenance.
>>
>> The little blue wire on my van has NO terminal. And I dang sure don't
>> remember it being connected to JACK previously.
>>
>> So for a quick test after midnight...I stripped some of the wire off,
>> loosened the nut off the small stud to the right of the proper "Red" wire
>> connectors and wrapped the blue wire round and tightened her up.
>>
>> At this point, the van does NOW have the "battery" light indicating with
>> key "on".
>>
>> So....maybe a trip back to the FLAPS and have them test again. Gotta go
>> there tomorrow anyway to get some new ring connectors.
>>
>> Gregory...BIG THANKS my man. BIG THANKS to all the list members. Y'all are
>> bringing me along like a new baby calf in the herd.
>>
>> Bobby
>>