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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 09:23 PM
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Default Alternator quit, is there a fuse?

Alternator worked fine. Disconnected the ground on the battery to re-torque down my poly motor mounts. I removed the hot wire off the back of the alternator and it hit the alternator bracket and sparked pretty good.
Got everything back together and started the car and now the gauge only reads 12 volts. Grabbed the multimeter and checked at the battery, still 12 volts, check at the back of the alternator and only had 12 volts also.

Question is, is there a fuse somewhere in that line? My Thunderbird SC had one and took me a few days before I found it. Does the Z have the same?
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 09:29 PM
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I think there is a fuse inline somewhere, but I don't know where...there's only so much wire you'd have to search though.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 10:51 PM
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Ok, I jest removed the Alternator to find out the 1 wire plug on it, the wire broke. Would this be causing the alternator to not put out right?
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Originally Posted by shouldaboughttheZ
Ok, I jest removed the Alternator to find out the 1 wire plug on it, the wire broke. Would this be causing the alternator to not put out right?
hmmmmmm......yeah
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 08:04 AM
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Yeah. Breaking that wire seems to be a fairly common thing.
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