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You have a circuit breaker cycling - probably one of
your power window switches is stuck on, or one of the power seat
switches. It has to be one that pulls massive current - and you need to
find it before you have a fire! Feel all the switches to see if they are
warm, and make sure none of them are stuck in the "trying to do
something" position.
My guess is that one of the power window switches is
the culprit - check all of them. You can eliminate the other 3
doors by turning off the master switch in the driver's door - if it still does
it, it's one of the ones on the driver's door. Dick Benjamin -----Original Message----- The 72 is becoming more complete and I am driving it regularly now, so I am in the process of sorting it. Car has a new battery, rebuilt alternator, and new (solid state, stock) voltage regulator. Wires
seem OK, although they are originals. The socket where the loom goes into the firewall was cleaned with contact cleaner and solidly re-attached (or so I think). Problem: The ammeter dips regularly. When it does so, the voltage drop is bad enough to stall the engine or at least make it stumble. Killed the engine a few
times. This engine stumble symptom is when the car is at idle and the alternator is presumably putting out less current or the engine does not have the momentum to keep going. Above-idle driving is not obviously affected by the dipping, although it is still present on the gauge at the same rate. The dipping is displayed on the ammeter as the needle moving 15% down from a slight C to a slight D, almost like when the turn signal is applied on the older cars. The frequency is consistent for the most part, and happens perhaps every 30 seconds or so. Maybe
more, maybe less, but in other words it is repetetive but not so frequent that it seems tied to anything in the engine, as it is not affected by engine speed in any way - it's just more obvious when RPM is down. Also: When lights are on at night, the lighting
also dips concurrent to these pulses. It is not present when engine is off, so far as I know. Did I mention that I dislike electrical stuff more than anything else? 1. How do I trace this or figure out why it's
funky? 2. Sound familiar to anyone? Kenyon Wills ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship
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