thisismatt Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Is your ignition indicator bulb an LED? At the alternator T plug, do you have battery voltage on the yellow (N) wire? 2 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Yeah that's better. Still no charge though. You pulled a battery cable off and it quit? Definitely not charging. With it running have someone watch the meter while you hold a quarter across each fuse one at a time. 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, thisismatt said: Is your ignition indicator bulb an LED? At the alternator T plug, do you have battery voltage on the yellow (N) wire? it is an led bulb and let me check 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, datzenmike said: Yeah that's better. Still no charge though. You pulled a battery cable off and it quit? Definitely not charging. With it running have someone watch the meter while you hold a quarter across each fuse one at a time. ok ill do that, so put the multimeter probes on the battery posts and then hold a quarter on each fuse one at a time. the meter shouldn't change right 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 You very well may need to change the bulb back to incandescent. 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, thisismatt said: You very well may need to change the bulb back to incandescent. there was an incandescent in there before I changed to the led and the problem was still happening. when testing the t, do I do it when the car is running and probe on positive battery post and other probe on the yellow wire? 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 You might try both running and not running but key on. You are testing for a battery voltage so you ground the negative lead 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, thisismatt said: You might try both running and not running but key on. You are testing for a battery voltage so you ground the negative lead it read .79 volts not running with key on 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 17 minutes ago, njp.18 said: it read .79 volts not running with key on Is that unplugged or back probing while it's still plugged into the alt? 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 minute ago, thisismatt said: Is that unplugged or back probing while it's still plugged into the alt? plugged into alt 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 19 minutes ago, njp.18 said: plugged into alt Do you get the same reading at the regulator on yellow? What do you get on the white with black stripe wire at the same plug on the alternator (ignition on, but not running)? 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, thisismatt said: Do you get the same reading at the regulator on yellow? What do you get on the white with black stripe wire at the same plug on the alternator (ignition on, but not running)? at the t on the alternator, I have the yellow wire and a green wire, not black. green is reading .03v and the yellow is now at .71 volts. 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 The wire that makes up the leg if the "T" should have battery voltage with the ignition on. Can you post pictures of the alt wiring, and wiring at the regulator, showing all the wires at the harness side of the plug? 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 36 minutes ago, thisismatt said: The wire that makes up the leg if the "T" should have battery voltage with the ignition on. Can you post pictures of the alt wiring, and wiring at the regulator, showing all the wires at the harness side of the plug? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FEpyMxHDDcnnAtqmmrR8XZ9-nQWH1FizMH6AkAXJxq4/edit?usp=sharing ill have to take off the reg tomorrow cuz im boutta go to work. I don't think it has to do w the reg tho as the problem was happening with the old reg I had and my new one. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Put the bulb back in. That's the sense wire and it needs more power than what an LED provides. 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 33 minutes ago, datzenmike said: Put the bulb back in. That's the sense wire and it needs more power than what an LED provides. ok. I put the probes on the battery and watched the meter while putting a quarter on the fuses while it was running and there was no change on the meter. 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 do y'all know where the end of the cigarette lighter wire goes? mine isn't working, I have the lime green wire plugged into the back of the lighter but then the wire goes into a loom and can't find the end. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 Looks like Lt Green/Red stripe. It goes to around the middle of the fuse box and does not need to ignition on to work. Its a 15 amp fuse and also powers the interior light. If the interior light works then the fuse is OK. To work, the cigar lighter needs to be well grounded to the metal dash. Make sure the lighter it tightly screwed on. 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, datzenmike said: Looks like Lt Green/Red stripe. It goes to around the middle of the fuse box and does not need to ignition on to work. Its a 15 amp fuse and also powers the interior light. If the interior light works then the fuse is OK. To work, the cigar lighter needs to be well grounded to the metal dash. Make sure the lighter it tightly screwed on. hmmm my interior light does not work either but all the fuses in the fuse box are fine. is it possible that the wrong amperage fuse could do it cuz I just checked it and there's a 5amp in there. Ill switch the right one in there anyways but from left to right, the correct amperages for an l16 should be 10,15,10,15,15,15 correct? 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 Never trust a fuse by looks. Use a test lamp and check both sides to be sure power is going through the fuse. 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, datzenmike said: Never trust a fuse by looks. Use a test lamp and check both sides to be sure power is going through the fuse. ok, I had used a multimeter on them. do you know if the correct amperages for the fuses for an l16 should be 10,15,10,15,15,15 ? Edited August 10, 2021 by njp.18 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 14 hours ago, datzenmike said: Never trust a fuse by looks. Use a test lamp and check both sides to be sure power is going through the fuse. I put in a 10amp fuse and the cig lighter started working but not the dome light. hopefully just a burnt out bulb 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 It looks like I am missing the e brake return springs on both of my rear brakes. Do you know what they connect to so I could get an idea on how long they would have to be in case I can find some at a hardware store. https://docs.google.com/document/d/10uzYaIfTb0IQAAa9t6K-MSKY85dF0XaBnEjJGIqq_20/edit?usp=sharing 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 The return springs are, or should be, on the ends of the two e brake cables. 1 Quote Link to comment
njp.18 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) 43 minutes ago, datzenmike said: The return springs are, or should be, on the ends of the two e brake cables. On the same end that I included a photo of correct? I don't see anywhere where another spring can be attached to though. Unless they were just slipped over the cable but what use would that do. Edited August 15, 2021 by njp.18 1 Quote Link to comment
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