dye29 wrote: i must have nocked a wire from alternator or something
dye29 wrote:back to drawing board all wires from alternator are ok no corrosion or splits followed right back , oh dear wat now
builder271 wrote:Hi New here. Been messing about with the blue badges all my days. Cool site. Anyway was changing the alternator on my connect.Not much trouble. and put in a brand new one.To my surprise that when everything was all bolted back together the little sh*t was not spinning.The cup shaped coupling was bolted on as was the 3 bolts which hold it to the belt driven wheels. But here where they join it was f***ed the rubber had split all the way round. Spinning inside the coupling and not spinning the alternator.So some flex metal belts where soon cut into three and fixed to the coupling.Mega sticky ct1 squeezed in between fired it up and its ALIVE...So look to see if the alternator is spinning first. before you fork out for a new one.....TIT of the DAY.
Andy G wrote:Read the whole thread and it takes a noob to hit the nail on the head, I too have the dreaded battery light come on, switch engine off and restart it goes out only to come back on after 25 seconds, no output to battery I.e still reads 12.1 volts and going lower over time, I too thought it might be the loom, but had a look down at the alt' and the shaft was spinning but not the bell housing that goes over it to the alt' the one with little bolts on, looks to me like the rubber has come away, not taken it off yet to check, but pretty sure the shaft is the culprit
Anyone else changed the shaft to cure battery light?
Andy
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