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Re: Plus ten, minus one hundred

Reply #15 –
Yay me.. got a new voltage reg. in there, car started right up. Took it for a test drive. Voltmeter pulled a lot stronger toward 14v than it ever has before, but the AMP idiot light was on the entire time. The higher I revved it, the more the AMP light glowed.. but it was showing good voltage the entire time. What gives?

Re: Plus ten, minus one hundred

Reply #16 –
12.76v at the terminals w/o the key on.
12.76v at the terminals w/ the key on, engine running @ idle, everything else off.

"Idiot light" is right.. because I feel like an idiot when it comes on and I have no idea why.

EDIT: Back to the exhaust thing, since this is what started the thread. My tweaking of it worked, because now I can get back into the driveway with no sing at all.

EDIT #2: Took it for another test drive of about 3-5 miles.

12.93v at the terminals w/ the key on, engine running @ idle, everything else off.
12.82v at the terminals w/o the key on.

Still getting the AMP light whenever the engine is running.

Re: Plus ten, minus one hundred

Reply #17 –
Almost looks like I'm talking to myself at this point. I suppose I'm fine, as long as I don't start answering myself! :D

Any-hoo, I decided to loosen up a few more clamps and put a jack underneath one of the shorter pipes, and raise it up until the body *just* started to move, and then tighten the clamps down with a socket and long extension. Got almost another whole inch of clearance that way, and I'm still not smacking floorpan. Although, unfortunately, I'm still getting the oil blowing off the leaky rear main onto the underside of the car, and it's dripping onto the back of the ler. YAY, burning oil stink!

Oh well, I'm just glad to have the exhaust fixed. It still barely ses the largest speed bump I can find, but I think it's now an issue of sag/wear/etc. in the suspension. We noticed that this car sits about an inch lower all around compared to my '88, and the '88 even has several hundred pounds of parts and tools in it. This car also fails the bounce test on the front struts. (we also noticed that the exhaust will hit smaller speed bumps if you go fast enough that the suspension travel smacks the ler into the speed bump on the down stroke)

Still having problems with the idiot light being lit faintly whenever the car's running. Getting voltage readings varying between 12.56v and 12.93v, running or not, every time I come back from another test drive. Don't know what to make of it, but it looks like the car is able to hold some amount of charge now. *shrug*