I did change the voltage regulator, yet noticed the one I removed still
looked fine.
Rob
Garden Grove, CA
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Re: charging system more woes
Posted by: "Alan Boucher"alsthe1@gmail.com alstheone2002
Date: Thu Nov 6, 2014 6:55 am ((PST))
It may not be your problem but look at the voltage regulator. It can be
removed with the alternator in place! The biggest problem that I have
found with the alternators is brush wear on the regulator. The best
replacement is Bosh, but others will work as well. They are readily
available online.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Aleph93aleph93@ca.rr.com [diesel_mercedes]
<diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> I'm curious what is happening with your car, as I'm having charging
> issues too.
>
> Changed the volt regulator and tightened belts.
> Battery seems OK, yet maybe on the weaker side of OK.
> The Glow plug relay seems to stay on too long at times.
>
> It can't handle everything on: AC, radio, lights, without the radio
> crackling at idle.
> The cheapo alt/bat tester goes from not showing an alt at all, to weak
> alt, to normal alt function.
>
> I'm wondering if the Glow plug relay issues have weakened the battery.
> Next step, replace the relay with an extra I have in the garage.
>
> Rob
> Garden Grove, CA
>
>
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[diesel_mercedes] Re: charging system more woes
Well I took it to a real alternator rebuild shop. It failed the test. I have no idea why it failed that test and passed with 14.4 volts the day before at O'Reilly's.
I am having them reman it because it is cheaper even than a store brand and even those store brands usually don't come with a fan.
There is continuity on the connections to the battery too.
Like I said I do not know how it could have passed that one test with flying colors.
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