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I'm not whining/complaining - just curious! 200

posted by  jbowser on  Mon Feb 17 09:32 CST 2003
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I'm not trying to pull a Tippi with this question, so bear with me.

My idjit lights were always flickering dim so knowing my old harness was toasted I replaced it. This did not fix the light problem (they even got a little more steady!!) so upon the advise of this sage board I just finished putting a new brush/regulator assembly in the alternator. Problem solved, WHY!!??

I never had a charging problem with the old assembly and the voltage output looks the same on the gauge with the new assembly and it looked like the old brushes still had plenty of meat left. Has anybody ever puzzled out why the brush/regulator assembly will cause these lights to flicker even when all other indications lead one to believe the alternator is working correctly?

It really doesn't matter, just have always liked to know WHY something shows a particular symptom (wife calls it a serious psychological flaw) instead of just knowing what to do to fix it! ;-)

Thanks for all of the good insight from this group,

Justin B.
83 244 Turbo - Soon to have new rear bushings then wife.com will not have anything left to complain about!!!






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