car will not charge. help
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car will not charge. help figured this would be the more appropriate forum.
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I recently did a H/C/I swap on my 01 SS. I was careful to not break anything ir pinch any wires. start the car (brand new battery) idles but the gauge is about at 12. go drive it a bit now its about 10ish I stop to get gas fill up and click its dead. get a jump barely starts stumbling and sputters but I limp it home, fast forward to yesterday I go buy a new alternator start it up and its at 12 yet again, let is idle for a while never goes above 12. Go out this morning start it up volts are about 9 let it idle about 10 minutes hoping it goes up, nope so turn the car of wait 5 seconds try and start and click wont start Help please I checked the fuses in the car they're good brand new batt and new alt
Fist yes I searched cant find what im looking for/
I recently did a H/C/I swap on my 01 SS. I was careful to not break anything ir pinch any wires. start the car (brand new battery) idles but the gauge is about at 12. go drive it a bit now its about 10ish I stop to get gas fill up and click its dead. get a jump barely starts stumbling and sputters but I limp it home, fast forward to yesterday I go buy a new alternator start it up and its at 12 yet again, let is idle for a while never goes above 12. Go out this morning start it up volts are about 9 let it idle about 10 minutes hoping it goes up, nope so turn the car of wait 5 seconds try and start and click wont start Help please I checked the fuses in the car they're good brand new batt and new alt
Check the output at the alternator with a vohm meter. If you have around 13 or so volts trace the read and blue from the alternator back to the pcm. You have a break in the line somewhere.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Alternator may not be receiving a signal from the exciter wire. I agree, there is likely a break somewhere if you've now seen this with two different alternators.
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Is there something that connects to the back of the alternator? Looking again there is a square 4 pin connector on the car, a broken red wire, and and the alt there is a oval 4 pin female end. so what am I looking for?
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
You will need to fix this to get the alternator to charge again. I can't recall off the top of my head which pin that wire needs to be attached to though.
