[blykins]

I didn't have a problem with it two weeks ago...that was the last time I was home and was fooling around with the car. I had the car out on the road and was driving a little bit...which would have kept the alternator spinning quick enough. I don't know what has happened since then....maybe Dad fired the motor for someone or something...I don't know....but when I went back to work on it this past weekend, that's when I saw the problem.

I really hope there's nothing wrong with the alternator....it's a brand new piece.

I think I'm gonna go home this weekend and try some things.....I'm gonna change plugs, make sure the battery is at 100%....and fire it up. The battery charger has an option where you can see what the alternator is putting out.....I'll switch it on that and check it out....along with using a voltmeter.

I had noticed before when using the charger with this selection that it would show the alternator wasn't doing crap while idling. When above 2000 revs, it would start to show up.

Other members have posted that their underdrive pulleys have caused the same problem....I just hope that it is indeed logical to say that the low voltage has caused a lack of ignition fire...therefore sooting the plugs up.

The only other reason I can think of why the engine was acting up is that when I first put the regulator on, it was apparently set high. Dad was adjusting the pressure while I was in the car......The pressure may have been so high to float the needle off the seat and flood it a little bit....

It seems awfully coincidental though that the battery was only at 58% charge.....

Alternator is not grounded either....probably need to fix that little detail.