1 posted on
03/12/2008 6:04:20 PM PDT by
djf
To: djf
To: djf
I would install a sprinkler system under the hood so it puts out the fire.
3 posted on
03/12/2008 6:08:46 PM PDT by
Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
To: djf
The voltage will be high without a voltage drop across the load. leave it high.
To: djf
I put a new starter and battery in the Impala. After I did it, the internal lights and dash lights, etc were flickering. Put the regulator back where it was and find the bad ground you created.
8 posted on
03/12/2008 6:21:11 PM PDT by
red-dawg
To: djf
Can you check resistance on your battery cables? Maybe they are old...
To: djf
Bypass the voltage regulator and upgrade to a 12si or CS130-type alternator.
Compared to either of those, the old 60s alts look like the end result of redneck engineering. External v-regs SUCK!!!!
18 posted on
03/12/2008 6:48:35 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: djf
Normal voltage to the battery is 14.3 volts D.C.
24 posted on
03/12/2008 7:05:10 PM PDT by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: djf
Set it to where it is charging the battery at 14.5V max. with the headlights and A/C on high, at idle. Battery voltage at rest should be in the 12.5-13.5 range, much more than that and it will boil the water out, and cook the plates. Less and it will make the starter drag and work harder.
If it's charging consistantly, don't mess with the field adjustment, that's a points wear adjustment. Usually it's time to replace it if it isn't adjusted soon enough to prevent the points from burning or plating out.
25 posted on
03/12/2008 7:10:18 PM PDT by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: djf
Forgot to add, there is an instrument cluster voltage regulator that can cause flickering if the charging voltage is off.
27 posted on
03/12/2008 7:13:40 PM PDT by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: djf
Better to replace a regulator if possible than to spend your free time for the next week or three replacing or repairing fried wiring harnesses. That is no fun at all been there done that. If I even suspected regulator problems I’d replace it. I used to replace mine each time I replaced the alternator just as a rule.
28 posted on
03/12/2008 7:17:49 PM PDT by
cva66snipe
(Proud Partisan Constitution Supporting Conservative to which I make no apologies for nor back down)
To: djf
Not going to read the answers, but the easy fix is convert the car to a one wire alternator. You can buy whole kit at summit racing, follow directions. If you really want to keep the old generator you bend the tabs on the spring retainers to adjust the point pressure.
Where do I send my bill??
36 posted on
03/12/2008 8:57:16 PM PDT by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: djf
What’s Hillary proposing now????
I’m for FREE VOLTATGE!!!
Voltage WITHOUT Regulation!!!!!
38 posted on
03/12/2008 9:03:35 PM PDT by
G Larry
(HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
To: djf
keep tinkering and when you melt it you can get a solid state replacement at NAPA.
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