problems with the alternator charging
02-14-2007, 06:34 PM
#22
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Re: problems with the alternator charging
Last problem I had with that came in two parts. First, the fuse link blew
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
02-14-2007, 06:34 PM
#23
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Re: problems with the alternator charging
Last problem I had with that came in two parts. First, the fuse link blew
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
02-14-2007, 06:34 PM
#24
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Re: problems with the alternator charging
Last problem I had with that came in two parts. First, the fuse link blew
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
02-14-2007, 06:34 PM
#25
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Re: problems with the alternator charging
Last problem I had with that came in two parts. First, the fuse link blew
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
when the alternator grenaded. Since I was on the road with a long hike to
the parts store and tired after walking all that way to get an alternator
(central Kansas in July has a way of making me tired) I used a crimp union
to connect the blown pieces. About the time I got home, the fuse link
blew again right up by the connector on the distribution center relay.
That was a real bi##h to get off as it was corroded some and the nut on
the bottom of the post was so thin I couldn't get a wrench on it to hold
the post while muscling the top nut off to change the link. After
grinding an old wrench down until it fit, I finally got the thing apart
and found the whole connection stack had surface corrosion on all the
parts and showed signs of getting real hot. Cleaned all the contacts with
sandpaper, installed the fuse link and everything has worked since.
Your regulator is inside the alternator. Check the small plug and make
sure it is clean with a good contact. One easy thing to check is to
measure the voltage right at the output stud on the alternator. Engine
off, it should show battery voltage. If it doesn't, check the same stud
(carefully) with the engine running. If the alternator is good, you can
have upwards of 18 volts or so there if the fuse link is bad. That's a
high current circuit, so poor connections can cause some really funny
readings. I'd bet on a bad connector to the regulator plug.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:52:30 -0800, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Here is the problem we are experiencing with Wayne's
> 88 Jeep Commanche 6 cyl 4WD that has over 300,000
> miles on it.
>
> We recently had the entire clutch assembly replaced.
> Afterwards we started to experience problems with the
> alternator not charging the battery. We have a brand
> new battery, the old alternator tests out okay and
> they are saying it is a ground wire problem but they
> can't seem to find it. Do you think the voltage regulator
> could be the problem? Or do we need to try another
> alternator?
>
> Any ideas, thoughts, advice on how to fix this so the
> alternator will charge?????
>
> We would appreciate anything that you could do! We
> have already put over $2000 in this truck in the last
> few months and hate to just let it sit. Help?
>
> Rebekah and Wayne Malatt
>
> savedforever@verizon.net
--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>
02-14-2007, 06:53 PM
#26
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Re: problems with the alternator charging
Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone's help!!! I really
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
02-14-2007, 06:53 PM
#27
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Re: problems with the alternator charging
Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone's help!!! I really
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
02-14-2007, 06:53 PM
#28
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Posts: n/a
Re: problems with the alternator charging
Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone's help!!! I really
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
02-14-2007, 06:53 PM
#29
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: problems with the alternator charging
Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone's help!!! I really
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
guys! You all are the greatest!
Rebekah
02-15-2007, 08:10 AM
#30
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Re: problems with the alternator charging
Did you get it fixed? Do let us know how you make out and what the
problem was.
Weather report: Eastern CT got 3" of sleet. It was like shoveling
buckshot.
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, savedforever@verizon.net wrote:
> Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone's help!!! I really
> appreciate it! Here is a wish that everyone is safe, warm and dry. It
> is icy cold with snow, sleet, and freezing rain here in the hills of
> WV for the past two days so I am so ready for summer. Thanks again
> guys! You all are the greatest!
> Rebekah
>
>
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