Help! No Alt Charge No Dash Lights
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Help! No Alt Charge No Dash Lights
Alright so to make a long story short I recently bought an Evolution VIII and quickly found that the car had battery/alternator issues. The battery is a trunk relocated Optima Red Top.
It had been leaking out of the back so I went ahead and bought a new battery but still was having issues with the car after driving a while (battery and SRS then dead) and found my Alternator went bad as the battery wasn't charging.
Due to having an early bracket design (goes behind idler pulley and back of the head not both back of the head) I couldn't find an alternator that had the correct housing so I paid a local shop to rebuild my OEM.
After the install my Battery and SRS Lights went away so I thought issue had been fixed but the car still runs the battery dead.
I have checked the plug and bolted-on line on the Alternator and the 60 and 100 amp fuses but all seem just fine and I have no lights on dash yet I'm still getting no charge.
What else can I try?
It had been leaking out of the back so I went ahead and bought a new battery but still was having issues with the car after driving a while (battery and SRS then dead) and found my Alternator went bad as the battery wasn't charging.
Due to having an early bracket design (goes behind idler pulley and back of the head not both back of the head) I couldn't find an alternator that had the correct housing so I paid a local shop to rebuild my OEM.
After the install my Battery and SRS Lights went away so I thought issue had been fixed but the car still runs the battery dead.
I have checked the plug and bolted-on line on the Alternator and the 60 and 100 amp fuses but all seem just fine and I have no lights on dash yet I'm still getting no charge.
What else can I try?
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Only ones I have are oil and SRS
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So I pulled the cluster and all the bulbs looked good with the exception of the CEL which was just removed entirely. I swapped the bulbs around and still had the oil light but no battery light or abs (!) light. I have no idea why
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The bulbs are so tiny I have trouble seeing the filaments. You can ohm them with a meter.
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I notice I have bulbs out for headlights and seatbelt. I know from experience that once I pull the cluster and start messing with the bulbs just the shock of touching them will break the old filaments. I need to call the dealer and ask for all the bulbs in the cluster. Otherwise, I will be doing this repair twice.
The bulbs are so tiny I have trouble seeing the filaments. You can ohm them with a meter.
The bulbs are so tiny I have trouble seeing the filaments. You can ohm them with a meter.
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