ludehawk

Since when does the charging light not come on?

And I love how EL guages react to low voltages

anyways, any ideas why my charging light wont come on when the voltage out of the alternator is .3v????

Light comes on at startup. Just want to make sure it's nothing more than the alt.

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TruNinja619

I noticed that my charging light came on when the alternator/ac belt came off..

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ludehawk

I noticed mine didn't

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sean1121

Mine didn't come on the first time the alternator died. It did come on the second time though...

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jsmooney

mine has been blinking on and off for a while. it didnt turn on when it died the first time. I wonder if I should get it checked out...

ludehawk

Well FYI, if your voltage regulator is welding into one piece... your battery light wont come on.

moonster - might be a bad alt connection. that green 4-pin plug on the alt.

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jsmooney

i have taken the plug out....and back in....in...and out....you get the idea. I don't know how to "clean" it or anything...it does have some crusty white stuff on it though. Any suggestions?

ludehawk

that's old dielectric grease, clean it out with wd-40 or something and respray some de grease in there.

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jsmooney

so, clean it with dw-40 and the spray de grease? are you speaking in de ebonics, y0, or do i spray degreaser or de grease? WD40 should get the grease out

ludehawk

haha you're so white =p
spray wd-40 to clean it out. spray de (di-electric grease) on the connector and plug it in.

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jsmooney

ohhh, I had never heard of de grease before....

thanks

G_Loc

The charging light is useless. Clean out the contacts and pinch the pins on the plug a bit so they can grab better. My plug kept coming slightly loose causing the alternator not to charge until I did that fix

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