"Niquemarshall" (dominiquemarshall)
02/18/2014 at 21:15 • Filed to: None
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"Niquemarshall" (dominiquemarshall)
02/18/2014 at 21:15 • Filed to: None | 0
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I'm seriously thinking it is a bad connection. Earlier today, the car died on me. Wouldn't restart, wouldn't even crank; I left the car at a light for 10 minutes, came back and it fired right back up. Even worse bought a new Voltage Regulator from NAPAs warehouse, which was totally different than what was on the car. Wouldn't fit the car at all! I was mad
as fuck, considering I had just spent an hour tearing the alternator apart, with no tools, in an Oreillys lot while it was snowing.
That tells me either the VR is the wrong part, or that alternator is not for this car.
CammedCTSV
> Niquemarshall
02/18/2014 at 21:19 |
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Check all your grounds. Sounds like NAPA had another POS Chinese voltage regulator on the shelf. It happens man, unless you get an OE part, you will be stranded...They sold me a GP sorenson ignition module made in thailand that left my Fiance stranded in a storm...the module was 3 days old
OtherBarry
> Niquemarshall
02/18/2014 at 21:48 |
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Did you clean all your connections and replace the battery cables yet? Doesn't sound like battery issue anymore. Did you get the battery and alternator tested while you were are O-Town? They do it for free you know...
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Niquemarshall
> OtherBarry
02/18/2014 at 21:59 |
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I haven't replaced much, I don't have the garage space or rookery to perform that. I get the battery and alternator tested a lot, the results vary.... I know for sure there's a good voltage drop once load is added to the system. 14v to 12v
DragginHard
> Niquemarshall
02/18/2014 at 22:39 |
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What year make model is it? From my personal experience a couple of months ago with my Saab 93, I lost power, like you, and thought that it'd be the alternator gone bad. Turns out it was the alternator pulley. My Saab has a clutch pulley, which is just a spring inside the pulley that allows the pulley to freespin one way. The spring was broken.
Bought the pulley on eNay, put it in and voila. Good as new.
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Niquemarshall
> DragginHard
02/18/2014 at 23:28 |
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It's a 1992 Mercedes 190e. This is the result of the last printing.