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Subject:Alternator Light Still On After Replacing Broken Belt - 87 Westy w. AC
From:Mike Finkbiner
Date:Sat, 7 May 2005 16:04:23 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I replaced my alternator with a Bosch rebuilt.  It was
working fine, putting out 13-2-4 volts according to my Digitool.

Last Sunday the alternator and O2 lights came on while driving, and the
voltage dropped to 11.5.  It was only a couple of blocks from home so I
drove back and found the belt had broken.

As it is on the inside, I replaced all three belts.  (The PS belt is a
pain!)  In the process I removed and replaced the alternator to get at the
coolant hose underneath it when I couldn't break the other end loose.

Now the digitool shows  13.2 -3 volts, but the alternator and O2 lights
won't go out.  I have revved up the engine a couple of times, with no
results.

The alternator wires all look correct.  The archives refet to a little blue
wire, but I don't see one that color.

Any thoughts?

Mike

Mike Finkbiner
'87 Westy
Moscow, ID
mike_l_f@hotmail.com

"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look
upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."

        -- Mahatma Gandhi

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