Frustrating I tell you. Today is the
perfect day for a drive so I decided to drive down to Red Bluff and maybe take a few pictures. Got about a block from the house and noticed the voltmeter was just reading 11 volts. Panic, the darn high priced alternator isn't charging. Came back to the house and immediately burned my arm on the hot header when I reached down to see if all the wire were tight on the back of the alternator. All good and it was charging when I parked it the other day. Started looking and found the hot lead from the alternator had pulled out of the regulator plug. got that wedged back in and it immediately went to the normal 13/15 volts. Off again and I noticed the temperature was really going up fast when I slowed down. Fan light wasn't on. Stopped and checked the fan thermostat and the hot lead had fallen off. Put it back on and everything worked so I am on my way again for about a mile and the temperature started climbing when I hit traffic and this is a really nice day. Stopped again and the lead had fallen off again. Came home, got a pair of pliers and really mashed the connector that slides onto the terminal, deciding if I ruin it I can cut it off and put a new one on. Drove a few blocks to let the temp come up and then shut the motor off and the fans kicked right on. And by the way, the toggle switch worked ok all the time so I knew it had to be something with the thermostat. Now I have those two things fixed I think, but am hot, tired, nervous and just not in the mood to head for Red Bluff. I will never be able to drive like Warren.
Ron
