Re: [MBZ] Field Coil Power

2005-10-08 Thread David Brodbeck
B Dike wrote: > It worked! I replaced the bulb and now the alternator > is generating current. > > David, you are a scholar and and a gentleman! No problem. I saw that diagnosis on a website somewhere, once, for GM car...it stuck in my mind mostly because it seemed like kind of a poor design

Re: [MBZ] Field Coil Power

2005-10-07 Thread B Dike
It worked! I replaced the bulb and now the alternator is generating current. David, you are a scholar and and a gentleman! Is this a great list or what? Thanks, Bruce --- David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > B Dike wrote: > >I tried another alternator for the 77 240D and it > >doesn

Re: [MBZ] Field Coil Power

2005-10-07 Thread JFreezn
In a message dated 10/6/2005 9:44:49 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does your alternator light come on when you turn the key on? I don't know if Mercedeses are wired this way, but on many cars, if the alternator light is burned out or there's another break in i

Re: [MBZ] Field Coil Power

2005-10-07 Thread B Dike
Thanks David. The alternator light is dead. I will try another bulb in case that is the problem. Thanks, Bruce --- David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > B Dike wrote: > >I tried another alternator for the 77 240D and it > >doesn't generate current either. There is no > magnetic > >effe

Re: [MBZ] Field Coil Power

2005-10-07 Thread David Brodbeck
B Dike wrote: I tried another alternator for the 77 240D and it doesn't generate current either. There is no magnetic effect around the alternater when the car is running making me suspicious that there may not be power to the field coils. The two big wires have 12V but the small blue wire is d