Recent content by eltrain

Exchanged alternator for a different one and all seems to be good. Maybe it was wound incorrectly. Thanks for all the advice. Now onto the brakes.

Seem to be right on the edges of success and failure. Sometimes when idling, the three lights will be off. Turning on the parking lights, the blower, or hitting the brake pedal will make them light. Anything that draws current. Then they will go off again when turned off. On a whim I took...

I think I can still exchange it, might take it in and have them just swap it. Makes sense; less windings, less voltage. Just like an electrical transformer. Heck, if it's a rebuild the brushes might even be sticking. Still gonna try the wire first, since I have all that lying around already...

Thanks for the reply. Yeah still the stock wire from alt to batt. Measuring 0 ohms and 0V while running across it, but I'll rerun it anyway. Batt to ground is fresh, and so are both engine block grounds. One up by intake mani/cowl and one drivers side head/fender. Redid and soldered the...

Hey folks, Long time lurker/consumer here. Have a 1990 3VZE w/AT that has the 3 light (BRAKE, Charge, A/T TEMP) problem, but intermittently. New battery, new alternator, redid all the grounds I can find. Still don't know just where the one in the passenger kick panel is, is it in the mount...