I really hate to do this but my wife isnt giving me any time to stay on the computer as she wants to go out for dinner.... here is whats going on.
1977 FJ55. Headlamps dim but brighten up with rpm. Amp guage stays at midline, until lamps are turned on and then it drops. The amp guage also fluctuates with the turn signals on. So I figure maybe the voltage regulator might be either bad or going bad or needs a cleaning and adjustment. Pull it and according to the FSM it fails one of the tests. So today I get my school loan in and decide to buy a brand new battery, alternator, cables, belts, and voltage regulator from scampa autoparts. The only item I bought at napa was the voltage regulator. They are the only people in town that had it in stock. So I clean the ground cable connection at the engine... and install all my new parts. I turn the truck on and it the lamps arent dim at idle. I drive it around town and they stay bright. But when I turn them on with the new voltage regulator the needle drops all the way down to the negative and when I use the turn signals in conjunction the needle goes back and forth. What in the hell am I doing wrong? Does this new regulator need some sort of adjustment for the amp guage? Well got to run.... This is my only vehicle... please lend some help as I need to get this fixed.
thanks and help is more then appreciated... will be back on later tonight when we get back.
thanks again
1977 FJ55. Headlamps dim but brighten up with rpm. Amp guage stays at midline, until lamps are turned on and then it drops. The amp guage also fluctuates with the turn signals on. So I figure maybe the voltage regulator might be either bad or going bad or needs a cleaning and adjustment. Pull it and according to the FSM it fails one of the tests. So today I get my school loan in and decide to buy a brand new battery, alternator, cables, belts, and voltage regulator from scampa autoparts. The only item I bought at napa was the voltage regulator. They are the only people in town that had it in stock. So I clean the ground cable connection at the engine... and install all my new parts. I turn the truck on and it the lamps arent dim at idle. I drive it around town and they stay bright. But when I turn them on with the new voltage regulator the needle drops all the way down to the negative and when I use the turn signals in conjunction the needle goes back and forth. What in the hell am I doing wrong? Does this new regulator need some sort of adjustment for the amp guage? Well got to run.... This is my only vehicle... please lend some help as I need to get this fixed.
thanks and help is more then appreciated... will be back on later tonight when we get back.
thanks again