Rick,
Same thing happened in my Alpine in the Mojave desert , visiting
Edward's AFB. The Lucas alternator gave out and I picked up a Toyota
internal regulated alternator from a junk yard and mounted it. Light
would stay on until about 2000 rpm, or a throttle blip. Drove like that
for years. Gave the car to Jay, and he was restoring it and found there
is a feed wire to the battery connected wire that "energizes" the
alternator.
Once wired like it is supposed to be in the Toyota manual it never
happened again. :-)
Steve
flynnr2@btopenworld.com wrote:
>After I replaced my alternator (w/built in regulator) with an identical unit,
>the ignition warning light stays on at idle. Its on at anything under about
>1000RPM but goes off above that (driving about, etc.)
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>This is a change in behavior from the previous alternator. Should I be
>worried? Is this a problem?
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>Comments, opinions, & suggestions welcome ...
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>rick
>B9471206 : http://www.tigersunited.com/gallery/RichardFlynn.asp
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>rick
>B9471206 : http://www.tigersunited.com/gallery/RichardFlynn.asp
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