daver@hp-pcd.UUCP (06/28/84)
I have a 1974 Pinto station wagon with a little over 100K miles on it. Occasionally at highway speeds the alternator light comes on. I can get it to go off by turning ON the parking lights or, if that fails, the headlights. After a while I turn off the lights and the alternator light doesn't come back on. The alternator belt is relatively new, in good condition and reasonably tight. Does anyone have an idea what is happening? Dave Rabinowitz hplabs!hp-pcd!daver
pigrp@ihuxq.UUCP (Peter Fales) (06/30/84)
>I have a 1974 Pinto station wagon with a little over 100K miles on it. >Occasionally at highway speeds the alternator light comes on. I can >get it to go off by turning ON the parking lights or, if that fails, >the headlights. After a while I turn off the lights and the alternator >light doesn't come back on. The alternator belt is relatively new, in >good condition and reasonably tight. Does anyone have an idea what is >happening? I think you had better get your alternator/charging system checked before it breaks down completely. Just because the belt is new doesn't mean that the 100K mile alternator is working. -- Peter Fales UUCP: ...ihnp4!iwlc7!psfales Work: Bell Labs IW-1Z243 W: (312) 979-7784 H: (312) 355-4254 [ Send lawyers, guns, and money; Dad, get me out of this. ]