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Haha it's a Tuff Stuff alternator. From talking to my father in law I have too small of a wire for the output of the alt. I got a a higher output due to the electirc fans. Going from 12 gauge to 6 gauge.

I took the car out for a drive today and noticed ot was getting harder to start. Thought it was just getting hot but when I check the positive terminal had snapped off due to corrosion/melting. Any ideas what could be the problem. At the time of the issue I have the ammeter bypassed by moving...

That worked. I ended up removing the brush and putting it back one after I put the two halves of the alternator back together. The regulator did start working. I got a Chrysler voltage regulator but ended up putting the Chinese one back on. For whatever reason the Chrysler maxes out at 13.2V...

Thank you for the help!

This looks off. Looks like a field wire connector shorted out and also looks like I might be missing that push rod that makes contact with the shaft. Should I have another one if those black pins on both?

I also have a brown wire connected to the blue field terminal, could that be the issue. I am not sure where that wire leads.

Yes, with the terminal grounded. I tested the wire to the voltage regulator and it's good. So I used a press to pull and install the serpentine pulley. I was a careful as I could be but is there a anything I could check that I might have damaged and fix on the alt? It's a nice Tuff Stuff...

No they are both reading 11.9V at the blue and positive terminal on the alt.

Charged it overnight on the trickle charger and it was at 12.8V. Started it up and got 12.0 V at the alt and the battery at 12.0 V. Idling at about 1000 rpm and not change woth higher rpms.

10.0V on one and 0.3 to 1.2V on the other. I forget which color was which reading. I can check again tomorrow.

No change to the output when grounding the green field wire. Still reading 11.6V.

Hello, Problem: Low Voltage on 1970 Dodge Challenger Voltage output shows 10.6 Volts at the alternator when running and battery shows11.5-11.7 Volts Engine: 383 Battery: Oddessy Xtreme Alternator: New Tuff Stuff 8509RCDP Car has Edelbrock Serpentine belt and electic fan I have replaced the...

Hello, just drove my 71 Challenger to work this morning and after driving about a mile my turn signals stopped working and my dash lights went out. They did come on with a slow and weak blink twice but then died again. Could this be a bad ground? Were would the turn sognal and dah ground be...

I am also Jim from Ohio. Welcome!

Fellas, thank you! Fixed the play in the linkage to make sure the butterflies fully sealed and I had my first enjoyable cruise without issue and got to feel the power or the 383 and six pack. Problem solved!