I have an 85 Toyo Tercel SR5 4wd wagon. All original, 190,000 miles.
The battery and other dash lights came on and off for a few days. One night the lights went dim and the car would not start.
I was close to Walmart so I took the battery there and they said the battery was no good, I bought a new one. (Now I wonder if it was just a low charge on a good battery.)
Put it in, it cranked, bright lights but the dash lights were still on.
I have taken it to 3 different auto stores that tested it.
One said, my alternator is bad, one said it was only a bad battery clamp which I replaced,
one said it is my voltage regulator.
How do I know if it is an internal or external voltage regulator??
What do you think I need to replace? Please help ASAP.
alternator or voltage regulator
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xirdneh
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Re: alternator or voltage regulator
i had a bad alternator recently
the brake light and acc(or engine light) light were on continuously
the brake light and acc(or engine light) light were on continuously
Love those Tercell 4x4 wagons but they sure suffer from road noise.
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ARCHINSTL
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Re: alternator or voltage regulator
Look on page CH-4 of the FSM; there is a drawing of each of the alternator types.
Also look at this page from Advance Auto's site - there are photos of each: http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp ... meClicked=
Tom M.
Also look at this page from Advance Auto's site - there are photos of each: http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp ... meClicked=
Tom M.
T4WD augury?
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"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
Re: alternator or voltage regulator
External will have a box on the fender near the alternator...might be silver or black...lots of wires.
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tealindy
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Re: alternator or voltage regulator
Thank you I will check those things.
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Re: alternator or voltage regulator
Warum soll jemand der einen vernünftigen Test machen will ausgeschlossen werden? Es geht nicht darum einen Lampe geschenkt zu bekommen. Sondern das sie von 10 Leuten getestet wird. Die Diskusion nach dem M7 Forums-Test war so gut weil (zum Teil) die richtigen Leute eine Lampe zum testen hatten. Daher sollten gerade die berücksichtigt werden die einen guten Test hingelegt haben und diesen bei der M7R wiederholen wollen.
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Just measured a drop to 2.496V, I'd say the brightness level is similar to my 'dim' ref pic. One more thing, I used a Fluke 87 to measure the voltages, while not as accurate as bench meters, I'd say its more than enough for this task. Looks like I'm SOL, board is multilayered, can't check traces, nor can I replace any one component.
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Just measured a drop to 2.496V, I'd say the brightness level is similar to my 'dim' ref pic. One more thing, I used a Fluke 87 to measure the voltages, while not as accurate as bench meters, I'd say its more than enough for this task. Looks like I'm SOL, board is multilayered, can't check traces, nor can I replace any one component.