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After a repair and full restoration, I had the car out on a much longer jaunt today. My amp light started to glow more steadily leading to a lot of flickering from a low light to a high light. My added charging indicator shows the car in "green" and often "yellow" but so far no red. I get yellow whenever I turn on my fan, and it flickers yellow whenever I use my turn signals.
This is not really what I had expected, and I fear that in a few days, I'll be back to wasted system.
I have a new suspicion about my troubles that I wanted to run by you all.
The alternator is held within a few inches of the exhaust manifold. While I got a new V belt, it is only one size up from the original (due to a short tightening bracket). Could the alternator wiring be getting cooked due to it's proximity to the manifold? Could than be the cause of my charging deficiencies?
So far this setup is only marginally better than my original generator, but even though some don't think much of the 55 amp bosch alternators from the 140s, I never had any problems with the system on my 145, and I have no reason to think that the alternator is at fault anymore. While perhaps some other component of this alternator is failing, it comes from a 1975 245 w/ B20 AC anf Fuel Injection. This model alternator should easily handle the power needs of a 122.
It would really help to add a real in-line voltimeter or something suitable so that I can monitor what's going on.
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1967 P220 Amazon, 1972 145S, 1976 245 DL, 1983 245 GL, 1986 745 GLE, 1990 745 GL, 1995 945....
You mean to tell me that Volvo makes cars that are *NOT* Wagons?!?
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