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What Tha Hell Is Goin On


MOTOROLA340
03-13-2007, 01:35 AM
:banghead: OK... FROM THE TOP I BOUGHT THE CAR BOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. ALTERNATOR GOES OUT. THIS IS FINE I CAN HANDLE P.M. ON A CAR. SO I PUT IT ON AND EVERYTHING IS FIN UNTIL MY ACCELERATOR CABLE TOUCHS THE POSTIVE TERMINAL TO THE ALTERNATOR AND FRIES THE DAMN CABLE AND BURNS THE POST ON THE ALTERNATOR. SO WITH MY LUCK IT WAS COVERED BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS. BUT IT TOOK THREE DAYS TO COMRE IN (LOL) SO I GO THE CAR TO RUN WITH THE MESSED UP PART, BUT TODAY I SAW MY VOLTAGE METER JUMPING AROUND A CERTAIN SPEED. I KNOW THE CONNECTION TO THE ALTERNATOR ISNT THE BEST BUT IT WAS FINE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. SO TODAY DRIVING MY TRANSMISSION STARTS JERKING AND SLIIPING. IM WATCHING MY VOLT METER AND IT DROPPED TO THE "O".
MY FLUID IS PINK NO DIRT NO NOTHING. SO IM HOPING THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM PLZ HELP ME. 94 FORD CROWN VIC POLICE

KimMG
03-13-2007, 03:11 AM
Faulty alternators can create all kinds of havoc and damage to the electrical system. Have you replaced the alternator? Have you fixed the faulty connections?

MOTOROLA340
03-17-2007, 12:20 PM
:banghead: OK SO I FIXED ALL THE CONNECTIONS DIELECTIC GREASE AND ALL OF THT. BUT MY VOLT METER GOES UP AND DOWN WHEN I HAVE ON MY LIGHTS AT A CERTAIN SPEED. IT DOENST DO ANYTHING WHEN I HAVE MY LIGHTS OF ANY IDEAS

MOTOROLA340
03-17-2007, 12:20 PM
:banghead: OK SO I FIXED ALL THE CONNECTIONS DIELECTRIC GREASE AND ALL OF THT. BUT MY VOLT METER GOES UP AND DOWN WHEN I HAVE ON MY HEAD LIGHTS AT A CERTAIN SPEED. IT DOENST DO ANYTHING WHEN I HAVE MY LIGHTS OF ANY IDEAS

1996Chreokee
03-17-2007, 10:46 PM
put a meter on the battery then turn the lights on and see what happens.... you have a bad gauge or a bad ground

MOTOROLA340
03-18-2007, 07:26 PM
:banghead: I WOULD DO THAT BUT IT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVING AT IDLE ITS FINE I MEAN IF IT WAS A BAD GROUND WHAT GROUND WOULD I CHECK, AND IF THE GAUGE WAS BAD I DONT THINK IT WOULD BE VISIBLE THROUGH MY LIGHTS. I MEAN MY LIGHTS AREGOING THE SAME PATTERN AS THE GAUGE

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