[Mgs] Alternator connector question

[Paul Hunt]

Ordinarily, with the brown/yellow warning light connected, the alternator 
will start charging once the revs reach about 900rpm.  After that it doesn't 
need the brown/yellow, it is self-exciting down to about 600rpm, so will 
charge normally unless the revs fall below this.  With the brown/yellow is 
disconnected a *used* alt should start charging once the engine is revved to 
about 3k, then will charge down to about 600rpm as before.  A brand-new alt 
out of the box may not do this.

So if your revs dropped below 600, and weren't raised to about 3k once the 
brown/yellow had become disconnected, then it could account for your 
problem.  However as the warning light flickered before the charge failed, I 
suspect it is the actual alternator that is the main problem, the loose wire 
is just a coincidence.  There is usually a little tang on the spade that 
locks behind a projection in the insulator block, with these it is a matter 
of pushing a thin blade from the open end between the connector and the 
block, to depress it.

----- Original Message ----- 

> First!  Would an absence of connectivity on the brown/yellow result in the
> symptoms described?
>
> Second!  How can I get the contact out of the connector, so I can clean up
> and repair?