74 Duster 318Ci Alternator Questions
Starting. See demonic's post.
It also keeps blowing the number 7 Fuse for domelight and all.
Look in the owners manual or shop manual to confirm what else is on that fuse.
Fuses blow when there is a short to another or to ground.
Think of current like a stream flowing.
For a fuse to fail, the short must be downstream of the fuse.
Engine off, the flow path for the dome light looks like this:
Battery+ ----->connectors----> main splice ---->fuse---->Dome light ---->splices---->switch in door--body ground.
If the dome light doesn't get power, then the short is before the dome light.
A short after the dome light would turn the light on and not blow a fuse.
I looked at the Alternator incase its not charging and saw the wires look different to me of the wires is solo and the other is 2 wires in one. Which way is the correct way to hook this thing up?
The solo wire is Green and the double wire is blue and green wires. I followed them to the voltage regulator and the 2 double wires are hooking on the to point on top of the connector and the gree wire is on the bottom right.
A big wire with a ring terminal on the alternator's stud is the output wire.
The standard voltage regulator is two wires into a triangular connector.
They control electrical to the rotor. When electricity flows through the rotor windings it creates and magnetic field.
More on how it works in
this link
If the solo green wire is factory, then it could be one of the optional high output alternators with three wires to the VR.
We'll need pictures for that.
I am trying to upload pictures but they are not working.
If you're using phone, I can't help.
On computer should be able to drop and drag with the mouse. Or click on the 'upload photos' button and go through your computers file folders to select the photos.
