Alternator Not Charging Battery

[Midnight Specialist]

No grinding then. Just grounding strap


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[Midnight Specialist]

Also DeLorean Performance has been amazing through this whole process.


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[Ron]

... disconnect the pigtail (Brown with Yellow stripe wire) and tap it to ground (the alternator's casing is a good place).

Since the light never comes on, it makes no sense to pull the alternator without grounding the Brown/Yellow wire and seeing if it comes on, first.

...Did you ever tap the brown with yellow stripe wire on ground to see if the battery light goes on and off (key on)?

I think I figured it out. There is no ground to the alternator.

[JohnnyK]

[Helirich]

Give that man a cigar!

[dmcman73]

I actually responded to your Facebook post about this issue stating if the HEIM Joints in the tensioner had teflon inserts in them, they would prevent a ground, glad that this was the issue.

[Ron]

I actually responded to your Facebook post about this issue stating if the HEIM Joints in the tensioner had teflon inserts in them, they would prevent a ground, glad that this was the issue.

...assuming the block was grounded, the bracket should have grounded it.

50/50 it's not over...

[dmcman73]

...assuming the block was grounded, the bracket should have grounded it.

50/50 it's not over...

The DPI bracket he was using was anodized which basically has the same characteristics of corrosion on a contact so the ground would have been poor. Add the Teflon "insulators" in the Heim joints and you have a ton of resistance to ground causing a ton of issues.

[Bitsyncmaster]

...assuming the block was grounded, the bracket should have grounded it.

50/50 it's not over...

I was just thinking the same. I run that tensioner and have no problems.

[Ron]

The DPI bracket he was using was anodized which basically has the same characteristics of corrosion on a contact so the ground would have been poor. Add the Teflon "insulators" in the Heim joints and you have a ton of resistance to ground causing a ton of issues.

Ah, didn't know that...I'll go 90/10 then.