Glenn,
Thanks a bunch... After I've re-upholstered the driver seat,
I'll look into it. then i'll replace the heater fan motor, add
the tube shock conversion and i'll be 90% done... thhe remaining
10% will be my anal fidgeting with everything...
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Rattmann" <k6na@cts.com>
To: "Ken Davis" <kenjdavis@home.com>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 08:03
Subject: Re: Fw: Charging System Problem/questions..
> 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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