Re: more alt. gauge help please ( somewhat long)

[Schuyler Wrobel <schuyler62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Neal, It might be the instrument cluster voltage regulator, that the 
little silver box or the alt. gauge itself. both are known to go bad.

Here's a couple of links to check out for some possible solutions.
I hope this will help,

<http://members.aol.com/moparnuts/modify.htm>

http://www.imperialclub.com/Articles/GaugeRepair/>

Schuyler 62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
 <http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-wrobel62.html>
On Aug 29, 2004, at 10:35 PM, Robert neal zimmerman wrote:
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>
>   Ok, i tore into this problem today so i have a little more info for u
>   guys  than I had the other day.
>   The problem is an alt. gauge that regularly  pulls to the discharge
>   side,   just like a little clock, about every 10seconds. Also when 
> the
>   alt gauge pulls the wipers will creep about an inch, then stop till
>   the next alt gauge pull.
>    Someone, dave casey i believe, suggested a problem somewhere in the
>    wiper system, probably the wiper breaker was " firing' and causing
>    the alt gauge to pull to the side.
>    He was right , when I disconnected the wiper motor and   then a 
> white
>    wire going to the breaker ( I assume this is the breaker, a small
>    silver box on a little bracket attached to the wiper switch). The 
> alt
>    gauge stopped its little number. The ticking sound that accompanied
>    the alt gauge pulling left was indeed  coming from the little silver
>    box.
>    I decided  to start with the switch, so i  got the wiper switch from
>    my parts car and put it in, hooked back up the wiper motor,  and
>    wired back the white wire . NO CHANGE, nothing changed . Same
>    problem.
>   I suppose the second switch could be bad too but who knows
>   I looked around up in there as well as I could at the wiring, looked
>   OK, but who knows.
>    What should i try next,  its driving me crazy
>    neal Zimmerman, Eugene oregon

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