I checked all the wires that I could hunt down and nothing is loose. So I ordered new pigtails for the alt connections. I am an auto tech and we have "all data". I looked it up and found that the alt connections where the most common problem in my situation. What I wonder is if anyone else had this problem and what was the fix? We help a few other shops in the area since we can do things others have no tools for. Like alignments and tires. The owner of another shop was their when I was looking the wires over and sujested that I just take the alt charge wire and just run it straight to the battery so it will charge. I havent done that but wonder what u guys think on that idea?
The car starts fine but the problem is that if you load the system up it starts pulling the volt gauge down so the charge is not keeping up. Like if I run the ac and the blower motor is on low its keeping charging voltage but as I turn the blower up the volts go down till its under 12 volts on high. Its not just a blower motor fault since with the headlights on it also pulls the volts down from 14 to about 12.5.
I will put the pig tails on the alt first but if it comes to it then I will try to put the wire from the alt to the battery. Only I want some feedback before hand since I dont want any more problems that might arise from doing that. Thanks for any help guys. One more thing. The alt is a 65 amp and has had no trouble keeping up for the last 8 years so no reason to suspect that I need 130 amps, nor do I want to rewire the car so 130 will work without smoking things. (Its an 86 gt and has factory wiring).
The car starts fine but the problem is that if you load the system up it starts pulling the volt gauge down so the charge is not keeping up. Like if I run the ac and the blower motor is on low its keeping charging voltage but as I turn the blower up the volts go down till its under 12 volts on high. Its not just a blower motor fault since with the headlights on it also pulls the volts down from 14 to about 12.5.
I will put the pig tails on the alt first but if it comes to it then I will try to put the wire from the alt to the battery. Only I want some feedback before hand since I dont want any more problems that might arise from doing that. Thanks for any help guys. One more thing. The alt is a 65 amp and has had no trouble keeping up for the last 8 years so no reason to suspect that I need 130 amps, nor do I want to rewire the car so 130 will work without smoking things. (Its an 86 gt and has factory wiring).