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squawk like a seagull, and THEN the voltage rises

posted by  walrus3 on  Thu May 7 02:58 CST 2009
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What you should watch is the alternator pulley.
I had a problem with my 164 a number of years ago sort of like this.
I had some doubts about my alternator but it seemed to test OK.
I was driving about 4 miles to work and put a battery charger on the car every night,
meanwhile trying to figure out what the problem was.
It turned out that the belt and the pulley were both shiny and although it didn't make any noise,
it would slip enough under load to keep it from charging.
I tightened the belt good and tight (after several weeks messing around) and the problem disappeared.
Here, you have the advantage of HEARING it slip!
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!






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