Charging issues! Need Help
Lead Driver
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Unless the carb is aftermarket, or the choke was replaced with an aftermarket setup, the White wire should power the choke from the STATOR terminal. If an aftermarket choke, expecting the full 12v, then leaving it where it is under the dash and then connecting it to the choke is your way to go.
However, since you say that the choke is connected and working, it's up to you to decide whether to put it back to factory, or just leave the wire to the choke as-is, and eliminate the white wire completely.
At the very least though, cover/tape/cap/cut that end of the wire so it does not short to ground and cause a fire. With it connected to power under the dash, it's hot anytime the key is on. So leaving it exposed would not be good.
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I think I got it. I’m holding at 14.2 volts. Thanks to you and how to do the Volt test at the VR harness. The grn/red wire and the horn wire has a plug. That plug wasn’t connecting the grn/red wire from there to the VR anymore. Cut it, heat shrank it together and there it was. No overcharge or draw anymore. Crossing my fingers!!
Im going to check and see if that stator wire is actually powering the choke. It may be in a round about way. I don’t think it does because if I remember correctly you said the stator gives off like 9 volts. Well the harness that the choke is in right now has 12v when key is ON.
If that’s the case. You say I can wire the stator to the choke? That would eliminate 4ft of unnecessary wire. Then could I use the wire that the choke is on now for the fan relay ignition wire? Instead of where it was plugged into, combined with the radio and wipers?
I forgot to take pic but the 4 points of connection. Don’t remember what the ignition color was.
Red-solenoid
green/maybe-ignition
Blk-ground
Yellow-fan itself
That could be wrong because I’m not remembering it correctly. But I did it by the instructions it came with.
And I know the fan relay fried because it sounded like bacon frying and it was smoking.
Im going to check and see if that stator wire is actually powering the choke. It may be in a round about way. I don’t think it does because if I remember correctly you said the stator gives off like 9 volts. Well the harness that the choke is in right now has 12v when key is ON.
If that’s the case. You say I can wire the stator to the choke? That would eliminate 4ft of unnecessary wire. Then could I use the wire that the choke is on now for the fan relay ignition wire? Instead of where it was plugged into, combined with the radio and wipers?
I forgot to take pic but the 4 points of connection. Don’t remember what the ignition color was.
Red-solenoid
green/maybe-ignition
Blk-ground
Yellow-fan itself
That could be wrong because I’m not remembering it correctly. But I did it by the instructions it came with.
And I know the fan relay fried because it sounded like bacon frying and it was smoking.
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