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Nov 23rd, 2022, 13:45 | #1 |
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Alternator brushes
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My charging light started glowing faintly, mostly at the beginning of journeys, but the voltage meter seemed ok. Ordered new brushes to make sure I had some and removed the voltage regulator. The Haynes manual says 5mm needed, but mine are equal length and have 8mm left?! When I ordered the brushes, it did appear that alternators can have either 28 or 32mm slip-rings, could it be a matter of the wrong voltage regulator for the alternator? I believe I changed it at some point. I started the car up, with a voltmeter and an amp-clamp on the charge cable to the battery, and at first seemed absolutely fine (50+A at 800rpm!). But then it occasionally started dropping to less than 1A charging, although the charge light didn't come on. The alternator terminal was at 11.2V. I tapped the voltage regulator with a hammer and it briefly started charging again, but then dropped right down. A bit after that, it started charging again. Should I just fit the new brushes, or is there something else going on here? Thanks, Henrik P.S. I cannot trace the warning lamp cable once it comes out on the other side of the engine. Where does it go?
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Nov 23rd, 2022, 16:11 | #2 | |
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The warning light wire goes directly to the bulb in the dash , the other side of the bulb goes to an ignition live point, possibly direct to the fuse box.
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Nov 23rd, 2022, 16:16 | #3 |
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Ok, they're both Bosch, so with 8mm left, the brushes are not the problem, right?
Thanks, I know where it goes inside the car, I just don't know how it gets there
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Nov 23rd, 2022, 16:59 | #4 |
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if the brushes are faulty or worn you generally get sparks where the brushes run on the slip rings hence not clean and shiny. 8mm sticking out seems a little short to me.
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Nov 24th, 2022, 10:30 | #6 | |
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Odd thing is still that the dashboard volt meter reads ok.
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Nov 24th, 2022, 10:38 | #7 | |
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Nov 24th, 2022, 11:02 | #8 |
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'morning,
Realised yesterday, looking at this, that the rust-proofing shop didn't put the engine under-tray back on! I have been driving around in the rain without it, and this problem, from memory, started after driving in the rain. Could that be related? (No, the belts are not slipping) Thanks, Henrik
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Nov 26th, 2022, 13:55 | #9 |
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Think I fixed it. When I got the car back from the rust proofing place, where they forgot to fit the engine under tray, I replaced the (already) dead battery but forgot to attach the ground wire again.
So the only ground for the charging light (and everything else) was back through the knackered engine ground strap (which I also really need to replace). I have now replaced both eye-connectors on the battery ground wire, they had both seen better days anyway (!), and re-connected it, and the problem seems to have gone away. Thanks Henrik
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