Voltage Regulator....Prob I think???
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I am a little confused as to what you have but if it is a standard ford setup then the grounding is extremely important as I said earlier. There is caution statements on a lot of the VR's. If you plug them in before bolting them down they will destruct because they get a ground through the case. If that VR bolts to the fenderwell and the fenderwell has a poor ground it can destruct the VR as well.
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Just re wired and terminated everything from the Alternator, Voltage Regulator and Battery.....
Started the truck and first got about 14.5 V.....but after runnng for 2-3 minutes it climbed to 16.5 volts....
Not sure what to do next other than go swap the voltage reg I brought for another new one and try that....
What should be the next item to do.....I thinking alternator but I really dont know!!!
Cheers Rory
Started the truck and first got about 14.5 V.....but after runnng for 2-3 minutes it climbed to 16.5 volts....
Not sure what to do next other than go swap the voltage reg I brought for another new one and try that....
What should be the next item to do.....I thinking alternator but I really dont know!!!
Cheers Rory
Last edited by CATFORD; Sep 25, 2007 at 10:00 PM.
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Well....it's time to have a good laugh at a stupid AUZZIE!!!
Truck is fixed....after re-terminating and changing the regulator...I was confused....I triple checked everything and still was getting 16-18 Volts....So I decided I will part with $170 (AUD) to rebuild the alternator! Before removing I thought I would check my other two cars to compare voltage ( 1980 Honda Civic and 2002 AU FALCON UTE ).....on placing the multimeter on the battery of the civic while running it read 17-19 volts.....I then check my Ute running and suprise, suprise it also read 17-19 Volts.
So all along my multimeter was stuffed.....lucky I didnt go blow another $170 on something not broken!!!
Dame stupid AUZZIES!!!
Anyway thanks for all your help during my believed problem...thankfully there was nothing wrong with it!!!
Thanks Again Rory!!
Truck is fixed....after re-terminating and changing the regulator...I was confused....I triple checked everything and still was getting 16-18 Volts....So I decided I will part with $170 (AUD) to rebuild the alternator! Before removing I thought I would check my other two cars to compare voltage ( 1980 Honda Civic and 2002 AU FALCON UTE ).....on placing the multimeter on the battery of the civic while running it read 17-19 volts.....I then check my Ute running and suprise, suprise it also read 17-19 Volts.
So all along my multimeter was stuffed.....lucky I didnt go blow another $170 on something not broken!!!
Dame stupid AUZZIES!!!
Anyway thanks for all your help during my believed problem...thankfully there was nothing wrong with it!!!
Thanks Again Rory!!
Last edited by CATFORD; Sep 27, 2007 at 10:09 PM.
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