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Re: alternator? 200 1980

posted by  someone claiming to be tim adams on  Mon Oct 8 04:43 CST 2001 [RELATED]

when i had similar issues with my '84 240, i immediately assumed it was the alternator & replaced it.. which seemd to cure it for a while

then it would happen again .. . so i changed the voltage regulator .. which seemed to work for awhile as well

after going back & forth for some time, finally uncovered that it was a very badly corroded grounding wire from the alternator to the block .. when i would mess with things down there, i would jostle it just enough to make a good connection for awhile, then it would wiggle to a point where the connection was lousy

bottomline, before you spring for a new alternator, at least check & make 100% sure that the grounding wire is solid

hope it helps





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