Of Batteries and Alternators....

[raveracer77 at yahoo.ca (raveracer77)]

    I had the same problems as contestant number 1 and replaced complete alternator once and voltage regulator once, disconnected the amp cable for the subs then swapped the battery.  Finally I started looking at other wiring.  The power window cable in the drivers door had been poorly replaced and was shorting.  I didn't figure it out until it started sparking on itself.  Hand twisted wires outside of the protective loom with duct tape holding it together.  Un believable.  If the battery won't hold a charge now then I'll just spring for a Yellow top.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim R 
  To: julie@menloparkrandd.com ; Org, Scirocco 
  Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 12:16 PM
  Subject: RE: Of Batteries and Alternators....


  Argh...you hit a nerve.
  I'm spiffing up the wiring in my 87, cutting out brittle wiring and replacing.  The sender wiring insulation is all cracked and I found that the distributor connection had a masking taped, unsoldered, hand-twisted splice!  The batt to alt cable is in fine shape, it's just that the sheathing was brittle.  I have new nylon sheathing (black, instead of tan, but otherwise very OEM-looking) and can't fit both the cable and blue exciter wire inside of the sheathing...argh.  I wanted this to be easy and clean....oh well.

  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: julie@menloparkrandd.com [mailto:julie@menloparkrandd.com]
  >Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:00 PM
  >To: Org, Scirocco
  >Subject: Of Batteries and Alternators....
  >
  >
  >Symptoms. Some mornings there would be no power to start the car. 
  >I'd charge the car up and it would run fine for a week or 2. 
  >Then... Dead again.
  >Replaced the battery. Must be an old one I thought. A few weeks 
  >later. Dead again. So I took to keeping a jumper Battery in the 
  >car "just incase".
  >
  >Tired of the bug, I went to the local parts store to check the 
  >alt. "Hummm. (he said) 12.5v at the battery. Bad Alt". Sooo. grab 
  >another, and a new cable and off to the garage in a ice storm.
  >
  >**** remember to remove the neg terminal before Alt work. Unless 
  >you want to weld *****
  >
  >I replaced the Alt, then started to replace the cable. The Walmart 
  >cable, I replaced 2 years ago was rusted. Not just corroded, but 
  >heavy rust.
  >
  >So now with a new battery and Alt (under warrantee) the car 
  >charges properly. The ice strom left4 mm of lick ice over every 
  >thing. Looked beautiful, till the 2 hour power outage. GACK! NO INTERNET!
  >
  >


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