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ok, well, i didnt really solve the problem, but i did. I ended up running a new cable from the post on the alt. to the positive post on the battery. Fuseable link doesn't get hot, and it charges the battery. That means there must be something wrong on that wire. I pulled most of the tape off, basically where the charge wire runs into the fuseable link box. No chaffing there at all. Could it be that the wire corroded that badly? And I don't see a problem having it hooked up the way i do. Everything still gets power correctly, and it is charging.
And, a bit of resistance figures. These are all with the charge wire unhooked from the alt. I had one test probe on the charge wire and one on the positive battery terminal. My meter was set to the 200 Ohm setting. The car was also not running.
Headlights off: 145.3
Headlights on: (just for giggles) 1.0
there shouldnt have been a difference, right? Its just like checking a ground. And every ground i checked was coming up with 0 resistance. We turned the headlights on, because when i first got the car, the PO told me the headlights needed to be on for the car to run. I thought he was b.s. ing me, but i guess not, lol.
sorry for the long post, but i think i did solve the problem. we'll see how it all works out.
And, a bit of resistance figures. These are all with the charge wire unhooked from the alt. I had one test probe on the charge wire and one on the positive battery terminal. My meter was set to the 200 Ohm setting. The car was also not running.
Headlights off: 145.3
Headlights on: (just for giggles) 1.0
there shouldnt have been a difference, right? Its just like checking a ground. And every ground i checked was coming up with 0 resistance. We turned the headlights on, because when i first got the car, the PO told me the headlights needed to be on for the car to run. I thought he was b.s. ing me, but i guess not, lol.
sorry for the long post, but i think i did solve the problem. we'll see how it all works out.
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