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[skywalker]

Hey all,

Don't know much about this car, just picked it up,

just come back from a spin around the neighborhood, noticed my electrical gauge needle pointing north ish,

I used a DMM & checked voltage,

@ idle between D & N 12.9- 13.5v

in P & start to lift the Revs to about 1800rpm it slowly climbed to 17ish Volts

 

LX Auto V8

Any ideas would be helpful,

 

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[hanra]

Regulator on the alternator U/S would be my first guess.

[skywalker]

Cool, i looked up the part # 9190067005, not a major expense, I'll replace it & test it again

 

[hanra]

I'd just take the alternator to an auto elec first and get em to spin it up to confirm.

[Uncle Chop Chop]

I'd just take the alternator to an auto elec first and get em to spin it up to confirm.

 

Exactly, as he/she could also pick up other faults.

[skywalker]

yep, dropped off the unit to be checked over, probably wise, not knowing the history on the car