My 78 Spitfire with the Lucas alternator has totally failed to keep my
battery charged. I had a "no start" fail the other dya with no lights left
on from the previous ride. She has never had any such issues in the past 4
years that I have owned her. Now, when boosted and running, the engine
ticks over just fine, but turn signals, headlights, virtually all
electricals are literally dim.
I suspect the alternator as my problem. My Haynes says I can do a rough
check on it by connecting an Ampmeter in series between the brown wire from
the alternator and the starter. I'm no electrical whiz, but I do have a
nice Fluke Digital Multimeter that I'm sure I could fry if I fought the
need for advice.
Assume that I have never seen either an alternator or a multimeter before.
Does anyone have a procedure for dummies I could follow?
Alan
78 Spitfire 1500
Mississauga, Ontario
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