Thread: d2 charging voltage

Good news everybody,

decided to fit the new reg and brushes today, longest "3 minutes" of my life,
had too buy more torx bits too get the alt off, anyway after much annoyance and fiddling, just got it all back together at 7pm, went for a spin and it is exactly the same as before,


anyway all up with tools and parts it cost $132 and 5 hrs labor for no improvement,

as a land rover owner I view this as one of my biggest success stories and suggest everyone give it a go.

cheers

Well,
some differences I have noticed are:
1: the vehicle rpm effects the amount of charging voltage,before this made essentially no difference, at idle its barely making 12.9 volts, however

2:after some driving the alternator seems to have improved somewhat,it is holding voltage better at idle,and now

3:after another half hr of driving it seems to be charging at least as good,if not better than it ever has,this surprises me on several fronts,the only thing i can think of is that maybe there was some residue on the brushes, who knows, but here's the kicker,


4:So yesterday I decided too do some "extreme" backyard mechanicing, accidently shorted out something I shouldn't have been playing with, car would still start and run but no accessories would work inside,cig lighter radio, ac compressor would run but blower fan wouldn't and battery light was on, and battery wasn't charging, however all of this went away if i revved the engine up, except for the alt charging, even the battery light went off,it took some figuring out I can tell you,

blew this fuse: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/400347015264?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

the alternator fuse, "made" a new one and its the best its ever been, funny thing is did an ohm test and it was still making a circuit, just wondering if this could be the problem for some others who have replaced the alt but made no difference

cheers james