[6pack] Alternator puzzle

[im sloane]

Update:

The problem turned out to be that the negative wire from the battery to the
body was missing. The system was getting some ground from the engine block
wire, but not enough to power the headlights, thus at night he blew the
alternator.



Sloane :)


>
> > We have a problem with my brother's electrical system. It's a 73 TR6. His
> > Lucas alternator was only a couple years old and it died. Well, sort of
> died.
> > It would charge enough to get by but when listening to the radio and
> running
> > the lights at the same time the volts would drop to zero. He got a Bosch
> last
> > week and it was doing fine, charging 13.5 volts. Now it's dead too. It
> could
> > be a coincidence that he just got a bad one, but I'm thinking something
> > strange is going on in the wires somewhere. Anybody been there-done that?
>
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