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Old 08-26-2000, 10:10 PM
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I have a problem with all my lights in and out of the car flickering when it is running.I unpluged the field terminals from the alt and the lights wern't as bright but it stoped flickering? I tried a differnt regulator and it made no differnace? What the heck can it be making the lights flicker?
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Old 08-27-2000, 12:46 AM
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Maybe a loose ground?
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Old 08-27-2000, 04:57 AM
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A loose ground, faulty regulator, loose ALT meter connections, and/or dirty/corroded firewall connections.


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Old 08-27-2000, 07:59 AM
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If one or more diodes in the alt are/
are going bad you will get eriatic dc
voltages. You can use a simple dc volt
meter to determine this. Or exchange the
alt. GOOD LUCK.
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Old 10-28-2000, 06:55 PM
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We had that problem on our Duster,Cured it by running a hefty ground right to the alternator
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