is your dash charge light still working as it should?
Help guys, need your thoughts
On the alternator there is one plug with three wires and the really thick cable attached.
Yesterday I was changing my upper and lower radiator hose when I accidently knocked the plug with three wires. Two of the wires came out of the plug. So I plugged them back in. A few hours later car wouldn’t start. Battery was dead
Charged the battery up and turned it over. Started fine, nothing seemed to short circuit. Applied a multimeter to the battery while still on. Revved her up and the volts increased so I assume the alternator is working correctly. this morning came out and battery is dead again
Is it possible that I put the two wires back in the plug incorrectly and now its draining the battery some how? Of maybe the battery was just due. The battery didn’t seem to have any problems leading up to yesterday.
Your thoughts would be most appreciated?
is your dash charge light still working as it should?
Not sure if the charge light still works, I've never seen it come on.
I might be wrong but if you connected either +12v or Ign wire to charge light connector on the alternator, the answer is yes it will drain your battery when your engine is off.
thanks for your help CHB,
can anyone else confirm this?
Here is what the pinout is meant to be....
Common wire colours are...
S=White
L=Yellow-Green
IGN=Yellow
More detail in this doc if you are interested
Might help you work out why the charge light doesn't come on etc
http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/h8.pdf
Cheers
Wilbo
Thanks for that. Someones changed the alternator on my car so that plug is now a 3 pin flat plug. I don't know which is which
I've got the pin out for the flat plug at home also if you can't find it elsewhere
Cheers
Wilbo
i believe its written on the back of the alternator itself if your stuck...
i too believe i have the 3 wire pinout at home
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/99Avalon.jpg
should be the same as the above pinout just obviously coming out the back of the alternator
Last edited by midnight_purple_GA70; 31-03-2011 at 01:26 PM.
Can I please get a copy of that 3 wire pinout for the alternator plug? I'm in the middle of wiring up my 2J alternator plug to a 1J and need to know which wires to hook up correctly. Thanks
read above they are both there
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