I have been putting off the issue of dealing with the fact that my lights would dim on a cycle up and down ever so slightly ...usually independent of motor speed.... finally I ran the battery down... found the larger red wire going to the alternator had broken off the clip to the back of the alternator (by the way, I have replaced the unit within the last couple of years via autozone and recently had it checked by them .... it was charging as normal)

over time though, the alt light has come on ever so dimly...and finally recently it has proven itself to be on all the way... after fixing the broken wire.... the alt light went out...but then the car flattened the battery... I have been working on it today....then the alt lite stayed off but the other lites worked...now no lights work... I did reinstall a ground wire from the back of the alt (tapped off one of the screws holding the rectifier in place) and grounded it to the body of the car.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

david