At 03:36 PM 3/27/2011, Greg Potts wrote: >After all of this it appears I had a bad spare alternator. It looks >brand new but has been sitting on the shelf for a couple years and >my local rebuilder recommends against that. When I ground the blue >wire I get a light on the dash. My ammeter reads about .2A of >current when placed between the blue wire and ground. I can't imagine why an alternator would go bad sitting on the shelf, but you have just described a correctly working ALT light circuit, so if the connection is good that puts it down to the alternator. But make certain it's not a subtle connection problem. Cheers, d |
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