Re: 1982 Starlet electrical nightmare

On 21 Feb 2006 21:04:54 -0800, "derek" <derek_sacerdote@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks for the leads I will look into it. The alternators I use always
come from ebay rebuilder overstocks so I don't know their background.
This one has an internal regulator, as did the one I replaced.

Only the people who did the work know whether it was done right, or
done cheap... I go to the shop and can stand there and watch them
work on mine, so I know. (But I usually go disappear for an hour or
two - there's an Electronics Surplus Store about a mile away.)

The harness plug was missing, so I actually spliced the wires ( yellow,
blue, and white) color to color from alternator to harness. The battery
is a new deep cycle, since I have a tendency to run its charge out.

Check your connections.

Are you saying that if I remove the warning light relay that will probably
stop the ignition problem?

Hey, if the engine won't shut off, and you go pull the warning light
relay and the engine stops right now, that's where I'd start looking
for a backfeed or a stuck relay.

Or the wrong relay. There are a few odd automotive Bosch Cube style
relays that are DPST 'double break' with a common hot and two switched
legs, and they plug into the same socket as a SPDT - which could send
power where it isn't wanted. They build some relays with a
Counter-EMF diode across the coil or as an arc snubber across the
power contacts. And either the diode shorts, or you aren't supposed
to use one with a diode on that circuit, or you ARE supposed to have
the special relay and someone put in a plain one.

Never underestimate the stupidity of... ;-)

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