Afternoon...
So yesterday I was going to fire up the duster to see if the new
-Voltage Regulator
-Ballast Resistor
-Alternator
were all going to play nice and make and regulate voltage how they should.
Now, I should preface by saying that the key has not always been reliable. even though there is a new switch in it. I thought this was odd but I ignored it because I would just kick the wires under the dash and it would fix itself. Anyway, after I drove the car halfway to a school dance and it died on the way there, the key would not work at all. just a click from the door buzzer switch under the glovebox. becuase that was working; I knew it was something under the hood not working.
After I got tired of having random electrical issues all the time I decided all potential points of failure needed to be addressed.
So on monday I got a new Ballast Resistor and still nothing from the key. today I just got the new start relay by the battery hooked up and now the key works.
Note that all of these things worked fine before the night it died. My theory of what happened is that when the voltage regulator crapped out, the alternator started to over charge which fried it, the start switch, and the ballast resistor. all in one go.
Now that everything related to the charging system and the ignition circuits are brand new and working individually, I am going to fire it up and see if it is charging and everything is working how it should. wish me luck.