Thank you for a great video and you helped my husband understand our 88 Lincoln overcharging issue. Lover your video!! Shayne and Lori North and The Cat on our car affectionately known as Miss Victoria.
I have a new alternator, new voltage regulator, new battery. My fusible link burned out recently, repaired it. Yet my alternator light in dash is still on and just yesterday that fusible link got hot enuff to melt elec tape, didn't burn the wire though. Batt started to vent wispy smoke 😮. Any thoughts?? Visually inspected the wiring and connections. Cleaned dirty ones but haven't found any broken connections
That sounds like an over charging issue. The regulator might not be properly grounded. Put a volt meter on and run the engine and see what the voltage is. 13.9 to 14.5 is good with minimal load. If its too high then try putting a jumper wire on the base of the regulator and battery negative post. If the voltage goes down to where it should be then clean the area where the reg mounts or add another ground wire.
Great Video!! I have the exact same car and having some of the same problems with battery but I can not get the car to hold a charge. I may have the wiring wrong on the alternator and was hoping someone could help me straighten it out. Any help would be appreciated. I this car was given to me from my grandfather and It hasnt seen the light of day until recently and I would to be able to drive it.
To check battery draining I usually remove the negative battery cable and install a DC amp meter. Then I start unplugging things and see if the amps go almost to zero. That will usually get you on the right track
Thank you for a great video and you helped my husband understand our 88 Lincoln overcharging issue. Lover your video!! Shayne and Lori North and The Cat on our car affectionately known as Miss Victoria.
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Thank u so much this has to be the most helpful video ever.
Good video you helping me out alot
I have a new alternator, new voltage regulator, new battery. My fusible link burned out recently, repaired it. Yet my alternator light in dash is still on and just yesterday that fusible link got hot enuff to melt elec tape, didn't burn the wire though. Batt started to vent wispy smoke 😮. Any thoughts?? Visually inspected the wiring and connections. Cleaned dirty ones but haven't found any broken connections
That sounds like an over charging issue. The regulator might not be properly grounded. Put a volt meter on and run the engine and see what the voltage is. 13.9 to 14.5 is good with minimal load. If its too high then try putting a jumper wire on the base of the regulator and battery negative post. If the voltage goes down to where it should be then clean the area where the reg mounts or add another ground wire.
@@prodieselrepair3218 okay I'll try that out, thank you
Great Video!! I have the exact same car and having some of the same problems with battery but I can not get the car to hold a charge. I may have the wiring wrong on the alternator and was hoping someone could help me straighten it out. Any help would be appreciated. I this car was given to me from my grandfather and It hasnt seen the light of day until recently and I would to be able to drive it.
To check battery draining I usually remove the negative battery cable and install a DC amp meter. Then I start unplugging things and see if the amps go almost to zero. That will usually get you on the right track