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21. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:03:51 -0000; Ignition light glowing dimly with a load e.g. headlights is usually a symptom of one or more of the diodes in the alternator having failed. Some diodes affect charging more than others. A 1970 model; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00492.html (9,860 bytes)
22. Alternator light (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:26:43 -0400; Paul - and List - Maybe it is ...absolutely stupid... but I can duck that one 'cause I'm not the one who did it. At any rate, the offending diode is no longer there. But even then I ask why, when th; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00500.html (10,436 bytes)
23. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: "teds" <teds@accessone.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 17:39:12 -0800; As one who had put a diode in the line, when properly installed, it works fine and so does the charging light and the charging system. what it cures is a leaky or shorted diode in the regulator, whic; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00503.html (12,289 bytes)
24. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: "Harlan Jillson" <hjillson@argolink.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:30:59 -0600; I kind of have the same sort of problem with my '72 B (light on a little....). I went and read the alternator primer on skyes web site and it gives a clue as to what causes the light in the first pl; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00506.html (13,152 bytes)
25. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:04:35 -0500 (EST); Allen, if the B is a 77 then the diode was probably put inline to stop the car from running on after the key was removed. ...Art; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00530.html (11,263 bytes)
26. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 19:01:34 -0000; If you had a diode and the warning light came on as you turned on the ignition and the diode stopped the warning light glowing when a load was switched on, then that indicates the voltage was higher; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00538.html (11,740 bytes)
27. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: "teds" <teds@accessone.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 20:39:35 -0800; the diode is something like 100 piv 1 amp, and put in line with the banded end toward the alternator. in the brown yellow lamp indicator wire directly at the alternator, you can crimp some connectors; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00557.html (12,933 bytes)
28. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: Tom Emmons <tom@emmons.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 01:21:57 -0600; -- =_NextPart_000_01BE5626.18593CC0 -- =_NextPart_000_01BE5626.18593CC0 NIM comments: -- =_NextPart_000_01BE5626.18593CC0--; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00558.html (7,760 bytes)
29. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: Christian Stanton <cstanton@pixley.com>; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:51:33 -0500; Remember the alternator is meant to show both undercharging (dead alternator) and overcharging (faulty voltage reg). Won't adding a diode into the circuit defeat this? I would be sure that what you a; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00565.html (8,818 bytes)
30. RE: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: Hans Duinhoven <H.Duinhoven@simac.nl>; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:27:45 +0100; One of the possible causes I have missed up to now: sticky brushes. Check whether these are able to move into their position in order to make proper contact to the rotating parts. At least mine did; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00567.html (9,051 bytes)
31. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:24:37 -0400; Thanks, Art - ' Seems to me I remember this happening to my first MGB - a '78. Unlike pre-ignition run-on, after the ignition switch was turned off, it just kept running normally. At that time, 15 y; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00645.html (8,537 bytes)
32. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:21:51 -0000; Another frig to hide a problem elsewhere. PaulH.; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00700.html (9,050 bytes)
33. Re: Alternator light (score: 1): Author: "teds" <teds@accessone.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:37:56 -0800; kept does; /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00733.html (9,440 bytes)
34. Alternator Light (score: 1): Author: hovisa@nando.net (Allan R. Hovis); Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 08:41:25 -0400; I am having a strange (i.e. lucas) problem with my 72 B. The last few weeks the alternator light has begun to flicker. I have recently replaced the battery and seem to have plenty of charge but it lo; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00350.html (6,959 bytes)
35. Re: Alternator Light (score: 1): Author: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 09:55:45 -0400 (EDT); My alternator on my '73 went out progressively last year.... turned out to be a dead diode. Replaced the diode pack and it has been working ever since. I was lucky at the time in that I had access to; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00354.html (8,268 bytes)
36. Re: Alternator Light (score: 1): Author: Alan Brooke <alban@psdb-tb.demon.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 12:56:06 +0100; I had this happen in a Mini I used to own. It turned out to be a dodgy power feed to the ignition from the solenoid. The ignition was actually drawing its power through the lamp filament and the alt; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00367.html (7,222 bytes)
37. Re: Alternator Light (score: 1): Author: spatchel@radford.com (Steve Patchel); Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 10:12:12 -0700; I have also experienced the "flickering" alternator light on my 71 MGB. My problem was related to the "hot" lead at the starter. The wire had become loose within its connection, no doubt due to the f; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00480.html (7,160 bytes)
38. Re: Alternator Light (score: 1): Author: DamitDick@megaweb.com (W. J. Richard Criswell); Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 15:39:07; Stephen wrote... Well Stephen... I suggest that you replace starter motor cover that was originally suplied with your car (these covers were generally discarded the first time the starter need servic; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00491.html (7,440 bytes)
39. Re: Alternator Light (score: 1): Author: DamitDick@megaweb.com (W. J. Richard Criswell); Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 18:36:58; Stephen wrote... Well Stephen... I suggest that you replace starter motor cover that was originally suplied with your car (these covers were generally discarded the first time the starter need servic; /html/mgs/1995-07/msg00495.html (7,478 bytes)

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