At 12:40 PM 06/13/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>> the battery. He told me the idiot light in on a circuit with a
>> diode, and this is the problem. Says the diode is either burnt
>> out or corroded in the connections. but bottom line, the
>battery
>> is still being charged.
Ken, I had exactly the same symptoms on my 74.5 TR6. Dim red light all the
time, but the battery held charge ok. I removed and opened the
alternator-- just remove the rear plastic housing-- and looked it over.
Looked closely at the diode leads which are soldered to metal tabs in
there, and one of them was definitely an "open". Like a cold solder joint.
I put a couple small alligator clips on the lead as a heat sink to protect
the diode from my gun, and just resoldered the open connection. Red light
went away. Since I was in there, I did replace the brushes since they are
cheap, but they were not the problem.
Good luck!
Glenn 74.5 TR6 X 2
San Diego
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