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Odd electrical feedback problem 140-160

posted by  uniberp on  Thu Mar 27 04:05 CST 2003
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I saw a post recently about continuously dimly lit turnsignal intrument lights, and I noticed the same thing on my '74 145. It didn't seem to affect anything else until now.

I had a dead battery after driving home after dark with the lights on the other night. I tightened the fan belt and cleaned the battery terminals.

When starting from cold now, I notice the turnsignal indicators start to glow and get brighter. They go out when I flash the headlights with the high beam, and gradually come on again. for the first few minutes of driving, the engine stumbles when I turn on the headlights. It immediately runs smooth when the headlights are shut off.

I suspect the alternator and maybe even the small battery are marginal, but I never get an amp light while running, only when engine-off/key-on.

Since someone else has seen these dimly lit indicators, I bet several of us have. Anyone nail it down for sure?

Thanks MP.





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