A good alternator will charge without the battery light bulb once you rev
the engine to a certain rpm, which varies among cars, but 2500-3500 should
do it. Then it will continue to charge until you shut it off. You will
have to rev it again upon restarting. (On an '86 or later 505 automatic,
don't do this in N, or in P after moving the stick out of P with the engine
running. Do it in Park right away, or hold it in first gear when you take
off.)
Brian Holm
At 12:15 PM 8/24/2005, Eduardo Kaftanski wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:53:37AM -0700, kenneth parker wrote:
> > Yesterday my 84 GL wagon died on the way home. There was not enough
> > juice to start it. I hill jump started it one time, but a few minutes
> > later it died again. I went home and got a spare battery that I
> > installed and the car started with no problem.
> >
> > I was in a rush to get to work and noticed, after putting in the
> > battery, that the battery light in the cluster did not go on. My
> > question is whether no battery light means that the alternator is bad
> > or just the bulb in the cluster. Is there a way to, without pulling
> > the cluster, determine if it is the alternator or the battery light
> > that needs replacement?
>
>If the light does not go on the alt wont charge. Switch ignition on,
>ground the little wire on the back of the alt and see if the light
>goes on.
>
>If it does -> bad alt.
>If it does not -> bad bulb or bad wiring.
>
>
>--
Brian Holm, Parts for Peugeots
at Peugeot Holm, since 1969
2120 Maple Hill
Plainfield, VT, 05667
802-454-7132, fax -1310
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