Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 22:25:12 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: '95 9000 alternator light comes on faintly
Nel Frikandel wrote: > Hi, > > Today I noticed my alternator light (red battery icon) coming up at > lower rev's. When in higher revs (upwards of 3500) it went off again. > The voltage indic on the dash confirmed the suspicion. Voltage came > down to 10 - 11.8 when lit, when pressed the gas hard, it jumped up to > 13 again. Guess the alternator is going bad. Any chance of fixin' this > without entirely replaceing the alternator? I heard somebody mention > just replace the coal brushes... The alternator looks like a real pain > to remove, it's underneith an engine support. Yup, brushes (carbon, not coal :-). Yep, it's a pain to get at. -- Grunff