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Do warning lights come on at Key Position II ? 200 1988

posted by  lucid on  Fri May 28 01:03 CST 2010
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"...the previous owner and her family put in a "new" alternator"

They may have failed to reconnect the blue ground wire from alternator case bolt to mounting bracket bolt — or the thinner red wire that goes on the D+ terminal.

Missing either one will prevent the alternator from "charging".


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Bruce Young, '93 940-NA (current), 240s (one V8), 140s, 122s, since '63.






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New 1 *bows to the 240 gurus* Is this a simple alternator issue? [200][1988]
posted by  someone claiming to be Ross  on Thu May 27 15:41 CST 2010 >


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