Hello All,
Well I have yet another problem with my car. It appears that my
fancy chrome one wire 100 amp alt has died. It used to give me a nice
14.5-15V now there is no output??? What can go wrong with an alt that would
cause this?? I have only had it in the car for like six months and I was
expecting it to last much longer. At Shasta a couple people commented that
the alt pully was
not lined up exactly with the crank shaft/waterpump pullys, causing a
vibration. Would this cause it to fail?? I have just installed my MSD 6AL
ignition system. This would not
cause the alt to blow would it?? I do have ~350 watt sound system, but I do
not think that this should tax a 100 amp alt??This is the alt that MIke Kerr
sells. Last time
I talked to him he was not sure what type it is. GM or Ford or whatever. If
someone else who has purchased one of these would like to venture a guess that
would be great. I think that I can buy a 'rebuild' kit for like 30 bucks which
would be nice, if I know exactly what kind of alt. it is.
I have been running the car basically as a total loss electrical
system. Lights, heater blower, high powered ignition, high powered stereo.
and the car ran just fine....says alot for my optima yellow top battery. The
only indication that I had that anything was wrong was that the stereo would
not play quite as loud as it used to and the volts gauge would jsut sit at
~12.5V
If its not one thing its another.
Daniel 69 2000
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