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Old 10-15-2011, 03:14 PM
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OK, here's where I'm at - reinstalled the alternator and fired her up. The ammeter showed a strong charge going on, so I took her for a spin. Just a little ways out, the meter dropped back to zero. Once or twice it jumped over into the charge mode for a few seconds intermittently and back to zero for the rest of the ride. When I got back, I left her running and stuck a voltmeter on the alternator and she read around 11.5 volts at idle and jumped up to around 14.5 when I goosed the throttle. I felt the back of the ammeter to see if there were any loose wires and everything feels tight. Is it possible the alternator has an intermittent output? It isn't obvious looking at the voltmeter. This sucks.
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