so i finally was able to drive my car home today, on the way home it developed said issue where all the idiot lights except for the oil pressure warning light would light up dim. It used to do this once in a blue moon after starting it up after sitting a few days, one blip of the throttle made them fade and stay off.
this current issue developed where they would fade on dimly when i came to a stop, occasionally and instantaneously going off, then got worse fairly quickly where it only instantaneously went from dim to off around highway speeds until the current situation where now they are on dim all the time.
i did do an aw71 swap so the engine does have a lower rpm at highway than it did before, i also had to undo the wires to pull the harness off the intake for unrelated repairs (this is a b27f), i did put them back as they were and verified snug connection. the car runs fine, none of the other lights around the car flicker, checked battery voltage when i got home standing and running, nothing seems to indicate that it's not charging or draining the battery (it is an optima yellow top though). the small red wire on the back of the alternator did have a break in the sheath but was not touching anything. i dont know if i should solder a new wire and lead, replace the regulator or the whole alternator. from what the green books tell me is that this is the 70 amp version according to how it has two wire posts.
i have looked around a little but nothing seems to be an exact match to what is happening here
this current issue developed where they would fade on dimly when i came to a stop, occasionally and instantaneously going off, then got worse fairly quickly where it only instantaneously went from dim to off around highway speeds until the current situation where now they are on dim all the time.
i did do an aw71 swap so the engine does have a lower rpm at highway than it did before, i also had to undo the wires to pull the harness off the intake for unrelated repairs (this is a b27f), i did put them back as they were and verified snug connection. the car runs fine, none of the other lights around the car flicker, checked battery voltage when i got home standing and running, nothing seems to indicate that it's not charging or draining the battery (it is an optima yellow top though). the small red wire on the back of the alternator did have a break in the sheath but was not touching anything. i dont know if i should solder a new wire and lead, replace the regulator or the whole alternator. from what the green books tell me is that this is the 70 amp version according to how it has two wire posts.
i have looked around a little but nothing seems to be an exact match to what is happening here
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