Alternator needs a new dummy light
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Car: 1984 Z28 5.0
Engine: 305 Small Block
Alternator needs a new dummy light
Hello everybody and thank you in advance. I have a 1984 Z28. I recently replaced all the gauges and since then my battery will not stay charged. I figured out that I lost my dummy light when replaced my gauges. I have a resistor to place in line, what I'm struggling with is where to run that wire from to tell the alternator to start charging. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks again.
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Re: Alternator needs a new dummy light
Needs to be between switched ignition and the brown wire terminal of the alt. If you put the resistor under the hood, use the pink/blk circuit to get ignition.
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Re: Alternator needs a new dummy light
Why not just replace the light bulb?...
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Re: Alternator needs a new dummy light
The light bulb is gone. When I replaced the gauges, I had to replace the whole cluster. The new cluster did not come with a dummy light. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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