1990 GM W body 2 questions

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Steve Walker - 01 Jul 2007 03:30 GMT

Wife's car

Rear strut, DIY or take it in? and charging system question. The charge
light came on, and the digital voltmeter shows about 1/4 (like a gas
gage), but I have 13.9 volts at the battery at idle, and with lights,
blower and wipers on I show 13.7 at idle. No fluctuation when revving.
Any ideas where to start looking? It's a ways to take it anywhere to get
properly checked, and I don't want it do die on the way & pay a tow
charge if I can avoid it.

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clifto - 01 Jul 2007 06:07 GMT

> The charge
> light came on, and the digital voltmeter shows about 1/4 (like a gas
> gage), but I have 13.9 volts at the battery at idle, and with lights,
> blower and wipers on I show 13.7 at idle. No fluctuation when revving.
> Any ideas where to start looking?

Might possibly be a shorted diode, but the only ways I knew to test for
that involved access to the field terminal (i.e. no internal regulator).
The procedure was one of the few useful things I ever found in a
Chilton's.

> It's a ways to take it anywhere to get
> properly checked, and I don't want it do die on the way & pay a tow
> charge if I can avoid it.

That's no fun.

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