TSiAWD666
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- Aug 15, 2003
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Herndon,
Virginia
Hey folks,
Embarassed to say I'm having a weird problem with my alternator on my racecar. Right now it's outputting around 15.3V just after startup. Alternator warning light is on. I assumed my alternator's voltage regulator was on its way out so I replaced it with a remanufactured spare I had on hand, and I'm still getting the exact voltage and the light. I'm stumped, and I have a race I'm leaving for in a few days so I could use some help.
Some history: the car's alternator was outputting a typical 13.7V last year when racing. I had a tire explode that took out the wiring harness in the front driver's corner, and also ripped the male harnesses out of the corresponding female connections just where that harness enters the car in front of the driver's door. I splice in the whole section from the damage in the front corner, near the ABS, from a donor harness. The car in general is functioning from what I can tell as it starts up and runs. I'm not sure what to make of the higher voltage and alternator dash light.
Possibly related, my brake light stays on as well even though I have fluid in the reservoir, the sensor hooked up, and the parking brake off (the sensor work). Also, at the moment I have no dash lights which I haven't worked through yet beyond checking fuses, though I don't believe this would be related either.
I'm really in a time crunch, ideally I get this figured out by tomorrow night as I need to get the car out for an alignment before heading out to the track. If you're wondering why my dumb ass is trying to solve this now, that's a whole damned snowball clusterfck of another story
Thanks in advance, I'm really confused at this problem.
Embarassed to say I'm having a weird problem with my alternator on my racecar. Right now it's outputting around 15.3V just after startup. Alternator warning light is on. I assumed my alternator's voltage regulator was on its way out so I replaced it with a remanufactured spare I had on hand, and I'm still getting the exact voltage and the light. I'm stumped, and I have a race I'm leaving for in a few days so I could use some help.
Some history: the car's alternator was outputting a typical 13.7V last year when racing. I had a tire explode that took out the wiring harness in the front driver's corner, and also ripped the male harnesses out of the corresponding female connections just where that harness enters the car in front of the driver's door. I splice in the whole section from the damage in the front corner, near the ABS, from a donor harness. The car in general is functioning from what I can tell as it starts up and runs. I'm not sure what to make of the higher voltage and alternator dash light.
Possibly related, my brake light stays on as well even though I have fluid in the reservoir, the sensor hooked up, and the parking brake off (the sensor work). Also, at the moment I have no dash lights which I haven't worked through yet beyond checking fuses, though I don't believe this would be related either.
I'm really in a time crunch, ideally I get this figured out by tomorrow night as I need to get the car out for an alignment before heading out to the track. If you're wondering why my dumb ass is trying to solve this now, that's a whole damned snowball clusterfck of another story
Thanks in advance, I'm really confused at this problem.