96 grandcaravan charging problems....

Man these past 2 days have been HELL!!!

ok i replaced the battery, alternator, wires and im still getting the light and afterwhile the van will die. To make things worse both my battery and my alternator checked out good......so i just spent well over 300.00 on new stuff when my old crap was already good.....oh and i can't return any of this stuff...


I think my next move is getting a new "BIG" belt because while i was pulling in tonight the belt skipped...oh i just installed a new tensioner also.

Damn :(

And does the alternator have a fuse?

There is a fusable link in line with the 10 gage black with grey stripe wire coming off the alternator. Not sure of the location. Probably near the battery.

mine's doing the same thing. happened 2 times over the last 2 years but then fixed itself. take it in and they say alternator. butafter messing with stuff for a couple days it fixes itself and works fine for 10 months. it can't be the alternator. also it always happens in winter. and again today. help. happy new year to me

I went ahead and just sold that damn van.........but it turns out the actual wires were are bad. So i had to change all the wires going to the alternator.

ok. maybe i'll try that. i'll post back when i find something out

well, i went to advanced auto. they checked the battery, bought from them 2years ago. they said it was bad and replaced it and tested the system again , still not charging. the guy starts probing around the back of the alt and suddenly it starts charging. so i think running new wires to the alt might be it. so it fixed itself again. till the next time. i might try that when it warms up some

the problem WAS the alternator. i bought a new one and went to put it in. there is a HUGE problem with the design of this thing. hours of work to replace an alternator. the more i looked at it the more i realized that the bracket to the stupid thing needs to be a 2 piece bracket. really. don't waste your time removing all the stuff you should. get your saws-all and cut the bracket in two. you'll see where you need to cut it if you look at it. then it's a 30 minute job. like it oughta be.