t-18 charge light flashing

[Stomps]

hey, when i thrash the shit out of the 3t-c, the chage light flashes and sometimes stays on, this does not happen when driving slowly. only occurs when revving the motor hard..

rooted alternator?

other ideas...

cheers

Stomps

[Jackel]

dunno if it'll cause the problems you say but have you checked your battery clamps are fully tight?

[M.J.H]

hey, when i thrash the shit out of the 3t-c, the chage light flashes and sometimes stays on, this does not happen when driving slowly. only occurs when revving the motor hard..

rooted alternator?

other ideas...

cheers

Stomps

Yeah I would say the alt.
Have heard of some that will have the charge light flash now and then and the owners don't worry about it.
Next thing they know the thing isn't working at all cause it is simply worn out and the charge light doesn't come on at all.
Had a leco tell me that one so yeah have it checked.

[GTtwin]

Torque twist pulling the engine whilst thrashing it could be pulling on the wires to the alternator. Combination of possibly worn engine mounts and dirty plug on the alternator. Worth looking into. Is it internal regulator?

[joecoolmk2]

my corona was doing the same thing, and when i pulled apart the alternator the diode things had come off their plate and were tapping and dancing around. i tried to solder them back on but they wouldn't stick, so i had to get another alternator.

[Screamn_Sleeka]

My car does the same thing, i bought a brand new OEM alternator, brand new battery (old one died from running it flat too many times from this problem) and its still doing it. So i assume mine is the regulator (these are externally regulated), and i havnt even opened it to have a look yet. - so dont rule the regulator out.

[moppy]

in my corona my battery kept dying and i brought a new battery and new clamps and new brushpack- and reg. and still dies. it was a fusable wire in the fuse box....... five damn dollars and i spent about 180 lol ... my guess is clamps and terminals and possible alternator, check the brush pack and regulator. If the prongs and way out the its done

[Screamn_Sleeka]

moppy: what was the fuse labled as?

[moppy]

no not a fuse itself , in my fuse box it has 10 or so fuses AND two wires that are there aswell that burn out when the load is too much. they bridge the fuse box

[Stomps]

cheers, will have to start checking..

cant do shit for a while coz got busy week coming up at uni..

will start by having a look at the easy stuff..

cheers

stomps

[Stomps]

ok, battery clamps tight, plug onto back of alternator tight...

i talked to a few people bout this, most said it will be the alternator itself..

on that note, does anyone have one they wanna sell, or if in WA i could borrow to check

cheers

Stomps