The Alternator light isn’t going off. This is the one I had reconditioned so I’ll ckeck that I’ve got it wired correctly. There are 3 wires. One goes to the positive of the battery - - one is a spade terminal that goes somewhere and the 3rd goes on a small bolt terminal- - - so I’ll have a look tomorrow. I've got a multi meter so I'll check with that - - if I know what I'm doing ???
John
The Safari alternator larger wire is live as it goes to the positive of the battery. The other two don't show on the test light when the ignition is on.
I checked the ID19B alternator and again the larger positive wire is live as it goes to the battery. The smaller one going to the spade terminal on the alternator lights up when the ignition is on.
So this means that there is a fault between the ignition switch and the spade terminal on the Safari.
I traced the spade terminal wire to a small electronic box at the battery. Also there is a positive feed wire coming from the coil which is the ignition wire. This wire also goes into the electronic box.
So the ignition feed is good but it seems that when this live positive goes into the electronic box it isn't live when it comes out to feed the spade terminal on the alternator. I'm wondering if there is a fault in the electronic box. There are other wires there also.
I do have some of the old style “cutout switches”.
John
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