Alternator coil question Reply #15 – October 24, 2007, 09:44:10 PM Quote from: Chuck W;184447Are you not listening?? The alternator has [COLOR="Red"]NOTHING [/COLOR]to do with the car starting or not starting.How about checking your battery cables?X2... You can pull the Alt and toss it into the street, it will still start... Quote Selected
Alternator coil question Reply #16 – October 25, 2007, 02:37:59 PM Ya I heard but the alt is no good though. The cables look fine. Quote Selected
Alternator coil question Reply #17 – October 25, 2007, 03:27:50 PM Quote from: nutwagon;184568Ya I heard but the alt is no good though. The cables look fine.They can look fine but be bad.Replace the cables.As mentioned now 3-4 times...the alternator has nothing to do with the car starting. You'll put a new one on there and it still won't start. Quote Selected
Alternator coil question Reply #18 – October 25, 2007, 06:21:26 PM battery cables clean?tight?corrosion free?is the battery good?starter tight?is the starter any good?all these things WILL keep car from startingall the ALT does is keep battery charged up...I've had a case where the voltage regulaton inside the ALT on a 5.0 went bad, draining the battery, but that's neither here nor there...ALt should be the last worry in a no-start case like thisMy thought is a bad cable/ground or the like, either loose, or dirty. Quote Selected
Alternator coil question Reply #19 – October 25, 2007, 07:33:41 PM battery is new, the starter is a year old and cranks, cables are tight and corrosion free. I need to double check the grounds maybve something broke off. Quote Selected
Alternator coil question Reply #20 – October 25, 2007, 08:55:34 PM Quote from: nutwagon;184191I have gone through the whole ignition system except the coil...i think you nailed it with that. try that and see what happens. Quote Selected
Alternator coil question Reply #21 – October 26, 2007, 03:58:43 PM Quote from: nutwagon;184345Its an 88 5.0 from a thunderbird sport. No matter what I do I get a weak spark. Its pretty much all stock. What does this have to do about a alternator? Quote Selected
Alternator coil question Reply #22 – November 01, 2007, 04:30:32 PM the alt was bad and needed new brushes, along with a corroded cap and rotor and bad plugs Quote Selected
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