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| JFG |
 Sep 5 2019, 01:45 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 686 Joined: 7-April 16 From: Wales Member No.: 19,869 Region Association: None  |
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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| 914Sixer |
Sep 5 2019, 05:43 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 9,123 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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I always take them to the local parts store and let them bench test.
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| bbrock |
Sep 5 2019, 10:34 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(914Sixer @ Sep 5 2019, 05:43 PM)  I always take them to the local parts store and let them bench test. I tried that recently with one I just rebuilt. I called to make sure they could bench test an alternator with external voltage regulator. They said they could. Drove a half hour into town and they put it on the machine. Nope! Machine said it could only be tested in the car. Drove another half hour home with untested alternator. It did pass all the diagnostic tests described in the factory manual that can be done with a multimeter though. |
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JFG testing an alternator off the car Sep 5 2019, 01:45 PM
ClayPerrine Ah.. Lucas..... the prince of darkness.
The Luca... Sep 5 2019, 02:13 PM
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Ah.. Lucas..... the prince of darkness.
The Luc... Sep 5 2019, 02:23 PM ClayPerrine Also, with any alternator on a 914, you need to tr... Sep 5 2019, 02:15 PM JFG Thanks for the amusing read, it cheered me up a bi... Sep 5 2019, 02:34 PM ClayPerrine
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