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    alternator not up to the task

    74 dart swinger, slant six, no idea between difference of round or square back alternator. Two field terminals.
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    alternator not up to the task

    Well, either I am doing this wrong (possible) or the car is playing tricks on me. Now when I do a jumper from the green terminal on the alternator to ground, it does not raise the volts at the battery, only 12.3 instead of the 16v I had earlier.
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    alternator not up to the task

    crap, didn't get a chance to read this first, replaced the voltage regulator, and not great news. Sometimes it will be around 13.1 at idle in park, and will bounce back down to 12.4 as I monkey around and test lights, fans, ect and the voltage will not always come back up unless I slightly rev...
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    alternator not up to the task

    This is why I came here, I rather not just throw money at it, I want to fix it the first time. it starts off at 14.1, but drops fast down to 12.6 It quickly jumps to 16+ volts, so it looks like the alternator is okay. nope, reads 10.6v yep, charges a plenty again, so looks like the regulator...
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    alternator not up to the task

    The alternator is over eight years old, but only has about a thousand miles on it, battery is good. The car while running only puts out 12.5v at the battery, and while cruising around and coming up to longer lights, the gauge goes pretty low, and swings with the ticking of the turn signal...
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