At 10:57 PM 6/8/2003, karen davis wrote:

>How can I prevent this part from going out again?  Is there any connection
>to my dead battery or having replaced speedo cable or prehaps those are just
>a concidence?

There's a service bulletin -- someone here will have it.  I should but I
don't.  For the '83-84 and maybe earlier, if the regulator fries you're
supposed to add a diode in series with one of the pins when you replace
it.  I presume it's the supply pin but don't know for sure.  I also presume
the diode is a 4001 or similar.

david

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'85 GL "Poor Relation"