Recent content by 98fastcobra

hey guys I have a 98 cobra and I was wondering what is normal battery voltage reading when the car is running... my car from a cold start hooked up through an ultra gauge it reads 14.10 to 3.76... when the cars warms and is at normal operating temps with just normal driving conditions it drops...

no I got a bwd regulator.. it's under a lifetime warranty it was only 62 dollars... much better than spending 260 dollars for a motorcraft alternator...

it's brand new like less than 100 miles.. I can't take it back because it's over the warranty period.. it's not my daily and waited over a month to install it.. so I feel it's cheaper just to get the regulator

hey 98 SVT you're right as well so would you just replace the voltage regulator or just get a whole new one

dsg2003mach 1 your absolutely right.. I did further test and it was indeed a faulty/quirky voltage regulator within the alternator.... advance auto parts said everything checked out.... I'm glad I was able to finally... so my next question should I just replace the voltage regulator or just buy...

so I took the alternator off and had it bench tested by three different AutoZone's and all of them have said that the alternator is fine... and I know for a fact the battery is fine as well because I bought that brand new two weeks ago and also had them bench test that

so I tried cleaning the terminals and check connections and they all seem right and I still have the issue.... I'm guessing my "new" alternator is faulty....

ok so I'm going to start with the positive terminal battery cable.. had corrosion on it so I cleaned it off and let's see if this does the trick..

I have an ultragauge that I use through the obd2 port for my readouts I will add battery voltage to the on screen display for the car... but I will see on trying out the voltage regulator... all of this just happened out of the blue so it's odd because I've owned this car for 3 years and never...

I have an ultragauge that I use through the obd2 port for my readouts I will add battery voltage to the on screen display for the car... but I will see on trying out the voltage regulator... all of this just happened out of the blue so it's odd because I've owned this car for 3 years and never...

well the alternator I bought a few weeks ago was an ac delco one from Rock Auto it was 160 for it ..... I will check the ground connections to see if they are ok..

also is it possible for an alternator that I bought new a few weeks ago have a bad voltage regulator

I will look into those... I'm assuming the ground connection is under the car....

hey everyone so I kind of have a problem... so a couple weeks ago I've been having issues with my alternator/guage cluster... lately on my dash the voltage reads low and the lights are dimmer than normal and heat isn't blowing as hard... I have replaced both the battery and alternator and it...

I'm not sure but it worked great before until I tore off one wire... Hopefully I didn't fry anything else..