Kaleb, The initial alternator excite current comes through the charge light and if the light does not come on then your charging circiuit will never work right. Some alternators will self start most of the time and I suspect that the alternator you installed is one of these.
Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924 www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 1:50 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] charging problem, 560SEL Well I ended up swapping out the alternator and that solved the charging problem but my lights are still not coming on. They are not burned out because after the engine was running turned on headlights to see if the light out indicator came on(have a headlight out) which it did. What is it that is supposed to make all the lights come on before startup? Tom Hargrave wrote: > The battery light should come on and if not, your issue might be soemthing > as simple as a burned out charge (battery) bulb. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > 256-656-1924 > www.kegkits.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin > Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 1:14 PM > To: Mercedes mailing list > Subject: [MBZ] charging problem, 560SEL > > > Messing with my 560 again today. Basically its not charging at all. > Put a different voltage regulator on it from another alternator I had > laying around and it made no difference. Either both were bad(the > replacement regulator had longer brushes) or something else is my > problem. I guess I will probably just have to swap out the whole > alternator. I did notice however that when the key is turned on, and > before the engine is started, the only lights that come on in the > cluster is the o2 light and the SRS light. None of the others, oil > level, coolant level, battery etc come on. Im not sure exactly what the > deal is with that. If the alternator was bad would it cause these > lights to not come on? Or is there some other problem that doesnt allow > the lights to come on and also keeps alternator from charging? Seems I > heard somewhere that if the battery light does not come on either > because its burned out or whatever the alternator will not charge. > > Thanks > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, > 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, > 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 > Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
