sappy75

New Member

• Feb 17, 2014

• #1

As the title says.........any ideas?

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• Feb 17, 2014

• #2

Regulator/diode pack on the alternator foobar.

 

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ebbadger

Well-Known Member

• Feb 17, 2014

• #3

+1

 

joe27979

Well-Known Member

• Feb 17, 2014

• #4

+2 for diode.

The alternator has a small diode in it to stop regulator voltage back feeding the battery and vice versa, if this diode shorts then you effectively put battery + volts backwards into the regulator and onto dash lamp.

hope this image explains it better than I can :O)