Recent content by hobbsza

its funny I actually commented on that post back in june to see what had happened with the OP's issue and forgot to "watch" that post. thanks a ton for bringing that to my attention

So I've got it down to .6v of loss from the blue field wire to the battery. And narrowed that loss down to .5v coming from the blue wire going to the alternator feild and the other .1v I'm losing from the blue wire going to the ballast resistor. If I disconnect the green field wire and measure...

And I put a brand new battery in it didn't change anything

Both field wires are ok they had the same amount of resistance as when I touch my meter together. I have the right amount of voltage everywhere until I plug into anything then it drops down to the from 12.20v to 11.40v it has to be a ground doesn't it? I wish there was a hot line to call lol...

It's. 03 on the blue

Disregard the resistance reading it's not correct

That was with the key in the run position and I had 12.2v

Is this correct? If so I'm getting nothing.

just out of curiosity is there any way my ignition box could be causing this issue it has a ton of sap looking sticky crap oozing out of it. when I measure the amperage of the field in "series" where exactly should probe? just the blue field wire? I understand series means along the same...

i just cant figure out why I lose the 2v with the blue field terminal connected but when I disconnect it from the alternator the voltage comes back up to match the battery voltage. and when I have the alternator completely hooked up it is giving me 10.6v at the blue field wire and I...

I used the blue wire coming frome the bulkhead connector (engine bay side)for terminal 86 to trigger the relay. the other 2 blue wires that were spliced to that one wire are now on terminal 87 so I believe I did that part correct. I'm installing a new ignition switch and leaving the relay setup...

If you YouTube how a 4pin relay works and study the diagram it will help a ton that's what I did and just tried it outo and it seems to be working. I just have other issues now

I'm pretty sure I have the relay installed correctly because my voltage at the blue field terminal with the key in the run position is the same as the battery which meant that I now have no voltage drop from the harness so I just need to get my alternator checked out and I'll go from there...

So I need to make my pin 87 connection after the ballast resistor? I think that is where I messed up on the bypass. Also when I have the blue field wire connected to the alternator and I pull the green one with the key in the run position I have .5v I'm not sure if this helps or not