battery light on after alternator install - Focaljet

**tsmitty025** · 07-14-2008, 09:48 PM

yep, the title says it all...

my battery light came on after i installed a remanufactured alternator. the battery light was never on before the install even when i had a bad alternator. anybody have any ideas? maybe i forgot a wire when i was hooking everything back up? thanks...

**Omega Anomaly** · 07-14-2008, 10:36 PM

Is the plug clicked in securely? Is the charge wire connected to the output post on the alternator? Is the charge wire connected at the battery terminal?

**tsmitty025** · 07-15-2008, 07:55 AM

i felt around and the plug was not secure, so i pushed it back in. and i guess its broken because it just slides back and fourth. any ideas how to keep it on? sounds like a good candidate for ductape to me! hahaha.

**Omega Anomaly** · 07-16-2008, 01:14 AM

I would first go to a junk yard and try to find one. Else I would probably take some electrical tape and wrap it around the out side of the connector to try and make a snug fit, or put some RTV silicone around it after it is plugged in to try and hold it.

07-14-2008, 09:48 PM	#1
tsmitty025 TEAM Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ATX Posts: 318	battery light on after alternator install yep, the title says it all... my battery light came on after i installed a remanufactured alternator. the battery light was never on before the install even when i had a bad alternator. anybody have any ideas? maybe i forgot a wire when i was hooking everything back up? thanks... __________________ -TSMiTTY -2000 Sangria Red 5spd ZX3

07-14-2008, 10:36 PM	#2
Omega Anomaly TEAM Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Flint, MI Posts: 512	Re: battery light on after alternator install Is the plug clicked in securely? Is the charge wire connected to the output post on the alternator? Is the charge wire connected at the battery terminal? __________________ Later -Bryan "How can we set up a democratic government in a country, when we are a republic. It is like saying 'This is how you do it, but don't look at my example because it is wrong' ."

07-15-2008, 07:55 AM	#3
tsmitty025 TEAM Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ATX Posts: 318	Re: battery light on after alternator install i felt around and the plug was not secure, so i pushed it back in. and i guess its broken because it just slides back and fourth. any ideas how to keep it on? sounds like a good candidate for ductape to me! hahaha. __________________ -TSMiTTY -2000 Sangria Red 5spd ZX3

07-16-2008, 01:14 AM	#4
Omega Anomaly TEAM Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Flint, MI Posts: 512	Re: battery light on after alternator install I would first go to a junk yard and try to find one. Else I would probably take some electrical tape and wrap it around the out side of the connector to try and make a snug fit, or put some RTV silicone around it after it is plugged in to try and hold it. __________________ Later -Bryan "How can we set up a democratic government in a country, when we are a republic. It is like saying 'This is how you do it, but don't look at my example because it is wrong' ."

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