[FC] Gen/Fan Blinker

[Ken Hand]

 ??? There are only a couple of things that will make the light come one at all. One is the wire that operates the light could be grounding out, there could be something loose inside the alternator and shorting the same wire turning the light on intermittently. The short could be anywhere between the light and the alternator connection to inside the alternator.

??? Do you have a harmonic balancer? Is it still intact? If so then there is not a belt problem. To answer what someone else said, I have run cars with flipped belts and the light never came on. Unless there is a very obvious mechanical problem, you probably have an electrical issue.


 


Ken Hand
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben and Lynn Stiles <lbstiles at verizon.net>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Sent: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:02 pm
Subject: [FC] Gen/Fan Blinker










Hello-

Wednesday when driving to work my Gen/Fan indicator light came on briefly, then 
went off...then came on again a few hundred feet later, then off, and so forth. 
This happened about five times total. I was driving 55 MPH.

I had the alternator checked...all is well, and all is charging. Could my belt 
be too loose and hence the intermittent indicator light activity when it 
deflects and loosens around the alternator pulley? It is just a bit looser than 
I usually run it, and could stand to be adjusted. The reason I ask if this 
simple explanation could possibly be correct is because this has never happened 
to me in fourteen years of FC ownership...

Your thoughts?

Ben
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