Well in my experience the stock alternators will not have more than 12 volts at the battery at idle (this may not always be true) but will charge to more than 14 volts with a good rev. If it does nothing at all, then you have a problem. You can tell easily what is wrong by doing a "full field" test. You ground the negative wire at the back of the alternator, and watch your voltmeter on the battery. It should fly up to 16+ volts, if this is the problem, then you have a bad regulator on the firewall. If not, the alternator is bad.
Polara_Blues (aka Ben Morgan Jr.) Me Wicked Wagon (aka The Beast): http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17688554/ UPDATE: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34992482/
From: Bob Fortson <bobt1885@xxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx To: mopar bulletin board <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: alternator Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 12:32:01 -0700 (PDT) From the dumb question dept.... I cannot find/see any I.D. tags or numbers on my alternator...so, How do I find out what I've got ? Will I have to dismount it to get at some ID ? Can the output be measured in any way ? What is the largest output...direct swap in available? ...It looks brand new but I'm sure that doesn't mean a thing. BobF __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.
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