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Old 09-14-2013, 02:54 PM
cooljjay cooljjay is offline
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Originally Posted by rotorbudd View Post
I had previously cleaned the connector, checked belt tension, and made sure the brushes were making good contact with the commutator.
It just seems strange that with batt. voltage so high that the alternator light would be glowing.
What exactly makes the light come on?
Bad voltage regulator.....

The brushes wear down, they aren't made of titanium or some magical elf powder like people think the starters are....here's what they look like new....vers old....

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