Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 21:39:20 +0100 From: "Alec Dearden" <alecnopsam96.junglelink.co.uk> Subject: Re: Classic 900: electrical gremlins
I agree, a very common problem on the 900 with some miles under the belt. Last time it happened to me I got a local Auto electrician to put new brushes into the reg for 5 quid !! Alec Dearden alecnopsametship.com "ask the mastertech" <protechnopsamath.net> wrote in message news:ZNEZ4.27090$3z1.385279nopsamoon.southeast.rr.com... > Hi Alan, > More than likely your problem is that your brushes in the voltage regulator > is bad. THey tend to get worn out and the spring tension on the back of the > brushes will not be sufficient to hold them again the comutator on the > alternator armature. Check this first but also check your ground and > positive cable to the battery. Your best bet is the brushes though! > hopefully, this will help. You can go to www.thesaabsite.com if you need > the parts. The saabsite mastertech! > "Tom Reed" <treednopsamux.csustan.edu> wrote in message > news:Pine.SOL.4.02.10006011855270.24784-100000nopsamux.csustan.edu... > > Hi all, > > > > I need some help eradicating the electrical gremlins from my '85 > > 900 T-16. Here's what happened. > > > > I went over to the coast this morning (about a 150 mile drive). No > > problems on the way over. When I first started the car to go home, > > the battery light came on. I revved the engine up a little bit and > > it went out, so I crossed my fingers and started home. > > > > After perhaps 10 or 15 minutes, the battery light came on again, so > > again I revved the engine and it went out. I repeated this process > > for the next hour or so (each time it was harder to get the light > > to go out). After that I just couldn't get the light to go out, so > > I drove the rest of the way home with it on. > > > > During the last 10 minutes of my drive, I noticed that when I'd > > apply the brake or turn on the blinkers the tach would drop to > > zero; I also noticed that the turn signals and the battery light > > were by this point very dim. After a few minutes, the tach decided > > to die completely, and just as I pulled up in front of my house the > > car died and *would* not start again: no clicking, no cranking, > > nothing. It is getting enough current to run the interior lights, > > warning buzzers, power locks, and power windows (slowly). I also > > noticed that my CD player would try to eject when I turned the key > > back off (there was no CD in it). > > > > The alternator belt is in place, and the battery seems to have some > > amount of charge (12v with no load, 6v under load -- yes, 6v is a > > little low, but I would expect *something*). > > > > So... before I hand over wads of money to a towing company and my > > mechanic, does anyone have any ideas? All replies appreciated. > > Thank you. > > > > > > Tom R. treednopsamux.csustan.edu > > > > "The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, > > but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman." > > --Alan Perlis > > > >
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