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@NosLaser Жыл бұрын
Most likely voltage regulalator in the alternator. While you are fixing things, make sure you have good grounds. I like to run a ground from the battery to the chassis, and also a ground (using 1/0 welding cable) from the battery to the block.
@vrm86gt Жыл бұрын
Check the exciter wire, i had that issue, basicslly the alternator was not getting a signal to start charging from that wire
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
okay cool, ill look into it, thank you 🤘🏼
@JHcustoms937 Жыл бұрын
I would check all your grounds. And make sure you have enough grounds. Efi and charging systems love grounds. Frame to block block to body heads especially to body. Just something to think about. Factory grounds sometimes aren't enough.
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
yeah man. Ill go through it again here shortly.. hopefully we get it sorted sooner than later🤘🏼
@JHcustoms937 Жыл бұрын
@@JovanMichaels a couple extra grounds never hurt. Even small braided grounds you can get at O'Reilly or AutoZone. In the help section.
@catrellg Жыл бұрын
Its your idle its to low for the alternator to charge the battery if most alternators charges around 900ish if you look at the video anytime it got closer to 1000 rpm the volts went up to 13.4 . To solve this you can put a smaller pulley on or up your rpm.
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
good info! Thank you for that 🤘🏼
@JHcustoms937 Жыл бұрын
Yep push through don't let it get to you. It may be something that wasn't there before but parts sit and little things happen in time. So trust it will get better. Triple check stuff while your fixing the small stuff and once you get 2-3 things fixed it will be good for a while. And that heat where you are doesn't help either. It's brutal on parts.
@Agueart Жыл бұрын
Electrical issues are the worst. Months of chasing one down on my fox, turns out it was the trunk light staying on. Solved it then the fuel pump and axle seals blew. 30 year old race car problems…
@ferdinandcuevas8457 Жыл бұрын
I would use Teflon tape with pipe dope on fittings also I would go thru the wiring for the charging system to make sure the alternator is not bad possibly bad voltage regulator in the alternator. Best Wishes and Good luck , please keep Me updated Thank You . 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 🦊 👍
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
yeah im thinking its a internal issue.. ill double check some things just to verify.. we’ll see🤘🏼
@ferdinandcuevas8457 Жыл бұрын
@@JovanMichaels Any luck with the alternator? 🇺🇸🇵🇷🦊👍
@foxbodyinnovations-fbi3927 Жыл бұрын
Alt - Has internal voltage regulator , the regular controls voltage output. try lightly tapping back of Alt. you can replace just the regulator.
@nunya2814 Жыл бұрын
Yep looks like a failing voltage regulator to me as well
@theANGRIERone Жыл бұрын
This was my guess too. Definitely looks like a regulator on the blink.
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
yeah thats the only thing that makes sense to me.. cause the first time it happen i went crazy double checking everything and it was all good.. never checked the actual unit
@catrellg Жыл бұрын
I would say the same thing but one thing doesn't add up in order for the regulator to stop working the two contacts (brushes) on the round rotating copper (commutator) inside has to be worn to the point of no contact, thats done via normal wear from driving and i doubt he's even driven the car enough for the regulator contact leads ( brushes) to be worn out. Ps be careful taking the regulator off its spring loaded.
@six50motors Жыл бұрын
Check the green wire goin to alt make sure it gets switched 12v when key on and cranking that wire powers alt on
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
solid.. will do🤘🏼
@catrellg Жыл бұрын
Green wire yellow stripe
@rodsfrenchies Жыл бұрын
Hey brother I ran across your channel I love the car I’m gonna start a build on my notchback this week coming up also looking to buy some draglites..new subscriber bro
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
hell yeah buddy! appreciate the support man. Cant go wrong with a set of draglites ! thanks again for checking out the videos and good luck with the build🤘🏼
@erictimmins9387 Жыл бұрын
Powermaster alternators are notorious for the regulators going out
@turboman351w3 Жыл бұрын
ok all you have to do is hit the throtle a couple times and see if the voltage go's up, i have a power master 200amp and sometimes the voltage will read 11.5 volts and when a purp the throtle it starts charging, weird i know.
@GrandPitoVic Жыл бұрын
Ahhh the fresh engine build gremlins. Lol. Frustrating as hell lol.
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
yeah man.. lol all i want to do is drive the car and take a break from wrenching 😂
@GrandPitoVic Жыл бұрын
I know. Wrenching all the time and nk Drivin gets boring
@vrm86gt Жыл бұрын
Man I'd take the alternator up to the parts store and have them check it out, also with electric water pump do you have a few small bypass holes drilled into the thermostat?
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
yeah might have them test it and see whats up.. and no i never drilled any holes, its just a standard 180 thermostat
@vinmandich7756 Жыл бұрын
Rev it and excite the alternator I'm not going to go into detail
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
mid idle it started to work again… shown in video, i reved the car to help get the temps up… and thats when it fell back into the 11s
@rgsteele83 Жыл бұрын
You'll figure it out its intermittent so thats something to consider.
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
yeah.. most likely the alternators regulator.. that sve alternator is brand new tho .. sad
@rgsteele83 Жыл бұрын
@@JovanMichaels I had a charging issue with my upgrade alt kit. I made new huge wires with soldered ends for tge main power etc. Finally figured out the 200amp fuse was not popped but was causing resistance or something along those lines. I bypassed the fuse and fixed my problem. Mine wasn't intermittent but once everything got up to temps voltage started dropping. You could try temporarily bypass the fuse between alt and battery to see what Happens. Good luck
@docsmallblock6584 Жыл бұрын
It may just be a faulty alternator, I've gotten brand new ones myself over the years and they're just junk outta the box! I'm a new sub and was wondering are those the new "as cast" AFR head's? I myself would have used Teflon pipe tape on that water pump fitting. What is the engine to begin with? And what size turbo? Also just thought, my trailblazer will charge when the battery is low but when the battery is charged the alternator like drops way down in voltage until the battery needs juice then it starts charging again!? Is your's like that??? No clue? But that's what my trailblazer does but it's a lot newer vehicle so I don't know if that's how your voltage regulator works or not??? I've heard from many, many KZfaqrs that you gotta stay consistent with putting out content to get the channel to grow!! Keep em coming bro!
@alltherpm Жыл бұрын
Their the budget line of afr
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
welcome to the channel bro! the heads are the afr enforcers.. budget friendly line from afr… it was a 302.. now its a 306, stock block stock rotating assembly.. everything else has been touched and changed. we dont stop, i aint going anywhere🤘🏼
@ryanabitter Жыл бұрын
Also, rev the car a bit. The alternator may have some corrosion internally when sitting. A quick rev with resolve that. (Or drive the car more) :)
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
its weird cause when it started working.. i reved the car a few times to build temp to help purge the cooling system… and that when it dropped back down into the 11’s… frustrating
@ryanabitter Жыл бұрын
@@JovanMichaels give it some constant rpm for a few minutes
@GrandPitoVic Жыл бұрын
That alternator looks like it has an internal issue. Bad diode or regulater.
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
thats exactly what I’m thinking.. sucks because it is a fairly new unit
@GrandPitoVic Жыл бұрын
I was a manager at Advance Auto years back and I saw new units off the shelf defect. It happens. Better a defective alt then a short somewhere lol.
@nerdbiscuit Жыл бұрын
Do you have underdrive pulleys installed? Set the idle higher and see if it corrects the voltage problem. Or reinstall the OEM pulleys.
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
pulley is stock.. dont think its the idle.. it has worked fine on that idle for months.. it just randomly dies. Think its the actual alternator that going bad
@nerdbiscuit Жыл бұрын
@@JovanMichaels coolant leak could have caused it too. Last year I experienced both those problems on different cars. I also have a black turbo fox
@ryanabitter Жыл бұрын
Hey my bro! I feel ya with this stuff failing and leaking. Question?! I have the same setup as you… how did you mount the front radiator? Did you have to manufacture something or did your front end kit come with something?
@shawnlatour2680 Жыл бұрын
My radiator had little slots or holes if you will for bolts so I drilled holes through my upper and lower bars on my tubular front end and ran some grade 8 bolts through that
@ryanabitter Жыл бұрын
@@shawnlatour2680 mine too! Thanks I didn’t know if I was missing something or if I need to fan it
@JovanMichaels Жыл бұрын
i have the radiator resting on the lower radiator support on the tube front end.. i then welded a tab on the upper radiator support. And drilled a hole through the upper mounting area on the radiator and put a bolt through it