<VV> Still having electrical problems / Pulsing lights

[shortle]

Jim, It sounds like to me you have a poor connection somewhere. An "open" circuit will keep something from operating at all (picture a broken wire) and a "shorted" wire will either blow a fuse or melt a wire so it does not sound like you have either. Have you checked that horrible red plastic thing (positive junction point where all the power for the car come from)? I have found by going to every ground point and positive points and disconnecting connectors and reattaching a lot of annoying issues get fixed. And I also like to run additional grounds. I will run a small ground wire to all the dash gauge holders (3 on a Monza) and not even use the strip GM did. And if all else fails (and you have no friends) Seth is the kind of guy that will give you the shirt off his back or the alternator/regulator off his car. I hope this is some help.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301



-----Original Message-----
>From: Sethracer at aol.com
>Sent: Feb 25, 2012 7:37 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Still having electrical problems / Pulsing lights
>
>Jim wrote 
> They pulse between bright and 
>dim at a rate of about 60-80  cycles per minute.   Driving down the road if 
>I 
>load up the  alternator by switching on the high beams it made it stop 
>pulsing, 
>but only  temporarily.  Sitting in the driveway it was pulsing and then 
>when the  
>powerglide is selected into drive- it would stop pulsing, but only  
>temporarily.  
>Comes back within a few seconds.  
>
>============================================
>
>And Matt  wrote:
>Normally that is the Voltage regulator causing that...  The  Alt.  turns 
>constantly... and so that eliminates it!
>
>
>So, Jim - Got any friends? I would swap out the alternator with a friends  
>"known-good" unit. At least that is another "free" data point. Then swap out 
>the  regulator with a friends. If none of these changes clears it up, you 
>might truly  have a wiring problem. 
> 
>-Seth
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
>This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are the property
>of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
>This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, http://www.corvair.org/
>Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
>Change your options: http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs 
> _______________________________________________