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Re: Alt warning Lamp

To: ian@sunbeamalpine.org
Subject: Re: Alt warning Lamp
From: "Christopher Albers" <Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 15:45:48 -0700
ian@sunbeamalpine.org writes:
>I just went through this problem myself. It could be the warning light
>simulator. This looks like the turn signal relay, but with an elbow
>bracket on the end of it. It mounts on the left hand side of the engine
>compartment with one of the upper screws that holds the clutch pedal in
>place. These are VERY delicate and will break if dropped or mishandled.
>This will cause the light to stay on. If the Alternator isn't charging,
>the light will stay on too. What altermator do you have? If it's one
>with the internal regulator, you can bypass all the relays and
>regulators on the left hand side by the fuse box.

Solve all your problems (except for smoky Lucas wires) by switching to a
single wire GM alternator.  This will eliminate that pesky 4TR regulator,
the field isolating relay & the warning light simulator; all weak links in
the nightmarish Lucas system.

CNA

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