 bad alternator? or connection?, please help, its my DD |
 Jun 11, 2008 - 1:52 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Oct 18, '06 From cincinnati Currently Offline Reputation: 10 (100%)  |
ok so i have a 95st w/lots of miles but heres the deal... i've never had problems with it until tonight when i was driving it home. had the lights on and the cd player, everything seemed to be fine but when i would remove my foot from the accelerator to the cluth+brake the lights would dim and my battery power would drop from ~12-14V to 10. a couple times my cd player even turned off.. it seemed the harder i hit the brakes and if i used anything powered in the car without being in gear/on the gas the lights would dim. didn't notice the rpm's dropping particularly fast or anything... castrol syntec used in oil change 3k ago, new air filter, new fuses a few months ago, recently cleaned the batter terminals and had the battery tested.. its the darndest thing. thanks for any help you might have.
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Jun 16, 2008 - 6:46 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
If you can afford the down time, I would recommend taking your alternator to a dedicated "Starter / Alternator" shop (i.e. NOT Autozone). The will usually be able to rebuild and refurbish your Alternator to a like new condition for a fraction of the cost of some 3rd party refurb, and it will be more reliable then snagging a used one off teh superwebmachine
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cjh4l22 bad alternator? or connection? Jun 11, 2008 - 1:52 AM
pittfirefighter sounds like alternator is going bad... doesn't... Jun 12, 2008 - 1:19 AM hurley97 I agree, sounds like the alternator is going. But ... Jun 14, 2008 - 4:43 PM pipes i would suggest checking all of your grond wires..... Jun 14, 2008 - 4:46 PM HrMajestyUK sounds like alternator to me too. Had similar pro... Jun 14, 2008 - 4:49 PM
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