Just got back from KC.

Guess what the Brat carried home this time?

 

left this AM aft 4:45. About half hour down the road, everytime i kicked on the high beams, clock light kinda flickered and it had a brief power loss. Never thought too much sun came up lights off.

 

On the way back about 30 minutes north out of KC my volt guage drops down in the red, for ABOUT an hour, showing like around 8/9 volts.. a few tmes it kicked backed to 12v for a half minute, but then was in the red steady. About hour from home it went back to normal.

 

Now, what could this be, this last week i saw a really high charge level like up near the top but not pegged this past week once. One morning i went to start the car last week, and no starter kick in but the tach needle shot to about 1.8k for a second......

The only thing on this BRAT i have not changed yet is the battery (looks old but its an interstate) and the alternator, which i have a couple spares..

 

anyhow, anyone guess what came home with me?

I don't know what you picked up in KC, but if you have a spare alt, swap it in and see what happens.

Sounds like the VR on your alt is going bad, time for a new one.

 

I give up on the prize though.

Very possible for it to be wireing connection issues. Often suspected alternator failure's on EA81's are really the result of bad connections. Either it taxes the alternator too much and causes repeated alternator failures or it results in strange readings at the gauge that really aren't indicative of what's really happeneing.

 

GD

http://s405.photobucket.com/albums/pp132/bheinen74/kc%20parts%20maroongate%20and%20crossmember/

 

 

might not be able to see it all, but its a pretty much rust free mostly straight brat tailgate from a 86, taillights very minty from BRAT,

EJ22T turbo crossmember with steering rack and power steering pump, tie rods, and stabilizer bar all from car with 85,000 miles, some wiring harness chunks for same ( i brought the engine home july 4th weekend) and some bumper turn signal spares...etc for BRAT.

 

 

This is my second spare tailgate at this point.

 

 

and thats just masking tape weathered on the tailgate, gonna clean that off....

Edited August 23, 200916 yr by bheinen74