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RICH · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 8

Hi my fisrt post on here i have a 94 bighorn 3.1td lotus se ..and the alternator is kicking out 12.20 volt at tickover at the batery lead end (im no auto elecy type ) the ampmeter inside the truck is on around 9 volt is this right ? any help is appreacted

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IFA-lUVA · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 5 Location: BUCKS

Hi Rich,
I think that we should start the "Big horn low volts club" Possibly 93/4 were a poor vintage for alternators.
Does yours have the lcd heater control like mine? and is it affected?
A good alternator should push out 14.5 volts at the battery but would require some revs to do so. Anyway good luck.
Graham
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RICH · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 8

YES ITS GOT THE LCD HEATER CONTROL ? ANY IDEAR HOW MUCH A NEW ALTERNATOR IS Crying or Very sad

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i get them rebuilt for about 65 quid Wink

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RICH · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 8

that seem preety cheap who does that for you ?

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got a little guy round the corner,been in business for years. this is a service i offer to pocuk members(where i'm from Wink

) don't see why itoc cant benefit from it too Wink

Philp · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 18:40 Post subject:

Ahh, men in sheds in brown overalls, not enough of them around anymore. I used to use a guy somewhere outside Reading (many years ago now) who literally rebuilt starters and alternators in a big shed in his garden and did a corking job. I've just found a guy in Burnley to rebuild my Chevy starter as I've had sod all luck with so called factory recon units.
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96 or is it a 98 Isuzu Bighorn Lotus

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you know him Laughing

yep he's got the brown ovies Laughing

the reason i went looking was that recon bits never lasted,so i let him rebuild mine,18 months on no probs,and mine does get used a little Wink

the other bonus is if it came off your motor,it will fit back on Wink

Philp · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 19:00 Post subject:

Thats my problem with starters, mine is suffering from heat soak and won't turn over when hot, the first recon starter was completely dead, the second one works fine when cold but won't mesh with the flex plate when hot despite shimming it six ways to christmas. You can't bump start an auto although even if it was a manual I don't fancy bumping 5.7L's of V8!

He reckons he can get all the bits to rebuild my US Delco starter so I'm gonna stick with the one I know fits properly and works against a dubious "Reconditioned in Mexico" unit thats probably just had a clean and some black paint.

You can also get the alternator rewound to put out a higher amperage of course, making for faster charging and a better margin for adding electrical extras, like spots, a second battery, winch or a big ICE setup!
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i run a 90amp alt and a 110 amp deep cycle, you recon thats enough? Wink

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any more gen with rewinding alternators?

this 50A *beep* on the 2.8 needs to be twice that Imho.