From: chance wolf (chance_wolf@shaw.ca)
Date: Mon May 09 2005 - 21:08:17 PDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Low" <odonlow@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 8:03 PM
Subject: [MV] CUCV GEN 1 light dim but always on when engine running.
> M1009 CUCV 1984 ( sand) for Desert storm !
> Well, after $2900 , the heads are planned and she no longer BUBBLES air at
> the antifreeze overflow tank. that was kind of a sick feeling to watch ;-)
>
> And not more than 2 weeks out, NEW symptoms.
> Just like a old girl, she want more attention.
>
> So , SYMPTOMS
> 1. GEN light off,
> 2. turn key on, and gen 2 lights bright, gen 1 lights up slowly and is
dim.
> 3. starting engine, gen 1 remains dim, and gen 2 goes out normaly.
Try the loose fan-belt thing first, but if it's not that, chances are a
diode is gone or the regulator's gone. Last time it happened to me I'm
pretty sure it was one of the diodes, but it wound up getting swapped out
via the local jobber anyhow.
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