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| JFG |
 Sep 5 2019, 01:45 PM
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My alternator is no longer charging so it's now been removed. The company refurbing it can't touch it for 2 weeks so i'm thinking maybe i can have a look at it first.
It's a Lucas 00194 unit. When i took it off and removed the air cowl off the back i noticed there was a smudge on the positive plate and paint missing on the cover in the coresponding spot. Could the plate have shorted the alternator? Is there a way that i can test the alternator with the cover off now that it's off the car?  |
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| ClayPerrine |
Sep 5 2019, 02:15 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 16,316 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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Also, with any alternator on a 914, you need to trim the positive post as short as possible. Most rebuilders put a stud in that is way too long and hits the metal cover on the back of the alternator. If it does, you end up with a dead short that melts the wires on the alternator harness.
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