[Shotimes] Alternator woes

[d.rosicke@snet.net]

Note:
Find a remanufacturer that uses ALL new parts for the rebuild.  Not test
components and put them  back in if they test OK (AC/Delco is a prime
example).

There is one locally to me that I used.  Very good service.
When the alternator failed, we looked the car over and found that the
alternator was NOT the problem.  It was the large power cable connector.  I
replaced it with a solid copper 6-10 guage copper connector, soldered it in
with my 45 Watt Soldering Iron (Not a soldering gun) and it has been
flawless for the past two years.


Dave R.



Message: 4
From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@mindspring.com>
To: "Shotimes@Autox.Team.Net" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 11:16:54 -0400
Subject: [Shotimes] Alternator woes

For some reason I can't seem to keep an alternator on my '93 MTX.  Since I
have owned the car I have installed no less that FIVE alternators.  The
fourth one was a NAPA (Beck-Arnley) Lifetime that lasted about two years.  I
decided to purchase a rewound Beavco 165A '94-95 alternator and modify the
brackets to make it fit.  Installing it was a breeze, all I had to do was
manufacture three spacers to make up for the difference in bracket size, cut
an ear off the lower bracket and it bolted right on.  The wiring is a
different story.  The '93 has only two wires (Yellow w/white tracer and
green w/red tracer).  The '95 has those two wires plus a white w/black
tracer.  Doug Lewis seemed to think that the White/Black was unneeded on my
car so I hooked up the others and started the car.  The alternator charges
perfectly (14.6V @ idle) but the battery light is still on.
Anyone have a '94 or '95 EVTM manual that they can look at and tell me what
that extra wire does? (I have the '93) I'm thinking that I might have to
splice it onto one of the others but without the books I'm not gonna try
anything.


Thanks,
Jim