Electrical issues... a continuing saga

[fastivaca]

When I put the B6T car on the road I knew the alternator was "iffy" at best. I had also experienced some starter issues. So I installed a rebuilt alternator only to discover the battery was toast. Replaced that as well as the starter (one off the low mileage Festiva at PnP) along with the engine wiring harness which was modified as required for my install. Every thing seems to work well now but I have one, hopefully small issue... alternator light comes on at about 4200rpm! Any ideas?

Tomorrow I'm going to contact the alternator supplier, a local company with an excellent reputation, to get their thoughts.

Will keep you posted.

Ian

[WmWatt]

Belt slipping at higher speeds?

[fastivaca]

Had one of those "why didn't I think of that" moments. With all the changing of stuff I didn't change the belt. Just got back from the store with a new one and will get it installed this afternoon. Once that's done I'll report back with results.

Ian

[fastivaca]

More adventures and finally, I hope, a solution...

Installed the new belt yesterday, went for a drive and the car died!!!! Managed to pull into a side street, checked under the hood and the belt was gone :gritteeth: . I wasn't too far from home so I walked back, picked up a couple of tools and the old belt and returned with one of the boys to retrieve the car. Made it home just before the car died again.

I was able to confirm my suspicions that the pulley the supplier had installed was not the correct one, it had a tighter 'V' and was starting to chew up the belts which in turn was causing them to slip a lot! Went back to the supplier this morning and switched the pulley from my old alternator, which I returned as a core. Put everything back together this afternoon and it now appears to be working as it should. Had to boost it initially to start but after a quick test drive the car started back up with no problems!

Keeping fingers crossed that this issue is now resolved.

Cheers

Ian

[fastivaca]

Finally a solution...

Problem has been solved. What's the lesson in all this.... make sure you have the correct pulley on your alternator to avoid chewing up belts and major slippage.

Cheers

Ian

[Aaronbrook37]

Oooo nice catch, Ian! Happy to hear you've got it all sorted out. Nothing worse than seeing the battery light come on and the temperature gauge start to climb... even in the winter.