Hello,
Had an interesting experience with the '94 today. While stopped at a light, the minutes on my dash clock went black (still showed the hour just great) and the radio shut off. The HVAC blower motor was running almost nill too (it was on medium). Voltmeter was reading about 12 volts.
If I goosed the pedal ever so slightly, my volts came right back up to high 13's, the blower motor worked normal, clock lit back up and the radio turned itself back on. The idle is normal - I hate to interpolate the stock tach, but it was at about 700 RPM (normal). Appearing to have a bad connection, I redid my alternator-to-distribution block cable (the old one was dropping about 400 mA; the new one drops 5 mA). I had this all wired up already, but not connected (I was waiting for my next battery disco' to make the connections).
But I seem to have a voltage drop to the interior fusebox (voltmeter at the box reads a volt lower than at the battery). Does anyone know the pathway for how juice is carried to the interior fusebox? Is there one large cable that ingresses the interior fusebox and then splits off as needed? Starting and ending points would be great (I will probably either clean the connections or just run a new cable).
I have not had the SN fusebox out yet, so I dont know what to expect. I dont fit under the dash too well so I was hoping to get some info on what I need to do or chase exactly before I start messing around under there.
BTW, I know the simple answer is to up the idle a hair, but the idle was as it has been and I would like to find the source of the issue rather than band aid it. I dont think the alt is on the outs (could be though) since it ramps back up with the slightest throttle bump. This happened at every light the whole way home too - wasnt a one-time anomoly.
Thank you for all info!
Had an interesting experience with the '94 today. While stopped at a light, the minutes on my dash clock went black (still showed the hour just great) and the radio shut off. The HVAC blower motor was running almost nill too (it was on medium). Voltmeter was reading about 12 volts.
If I goosed the pedal ever so slightly, my volts came right back up to high 13's, the blower motor worked normal, clock lit back up and the radio turned itself back on. The idle is normal - I hate to interpolate the stock tach, but it was at about 700 RPM (normal). Appearing to have a bad connection, I redid my alternator-to-distribution block cable (the old one was dropping about 400 mA; the new one drops 5 mA). I had this all wired up already, but not connected (I was waiting for my next battery disco' to make the connections).
But I seem to have a voltage drop to the interior fusebox (voltmeter at the box reads a volt lower than at the battery). Does anyone know the pathway for how juice is carried to the interior fusebox? Is there one large cable that ingresses the interior fusebox and then splits off as needed? Starting and ending points would be great (I will probably either clean the connections or just run a new cable).
I have not had the SN fusebox out yet, so I dont know what to expect. I dont fit under the dash too well so I was hoping to get some info on what I need to do or chase exactly before I start messing around under there.
BTW, I know the simple answer is to up the idle a hair, but the idle was as it has been and I would like to find the source of the issue rather than band aid it. I dont think the alt is on the outs (could be though) since it ramps back up with the slightest throttle bump. This happened at every light the whole way home too - wasnt a one-time anomoly.
Thank you for all info!