That's how much you know.
Oh my, I hope that an open ground circuit to this alternator light is not this guy's problem because if it is, he is going to put an alternator on this car and be pissed.
It's not just you, there are a few others here that seem to think that the only thing this can be is a alternator. If you guys don't think that an open ground for the light can cause the problems he's having I can't help ya. The alternator on that car works the same as any other over the last 50 years.
OIL HAMMER, HELP, I'M NOT GETTING THIS ACROSS TO THESE GUYS THAT THIS COULD BE AN OPEN CIRCUIT, IT COULD BE OTHER THINGS TO BUT, THEY WANT TO PUT AN ALTERNATOR ON THIS CAR BEFORE CHECKING THIS AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT COULD CAUSE THIS. THEY ALL SEEM TO AGREE THAT THE ONLY THING THIS CAN BE IS AN ALTERNATOR. MAYBE THEY WILL LISTEN TO YOU.
I done with this.good bye.
I, and most others here, never actually said to replace the alternator. We said to test it with a multimeter and to diagnose what’s going on and how OP can go about doing it.
While you are right in what you’re saying about an open circuit to the cluster light, what you are not understanding or are blindingly raging against is the fact that you can in fact disconnect the alternators 3 or 4 pin wire harness, and for that matter ALL THE WIRES even to the battery, start the car, and test the output of the alternator. THIS is how it is done at auto shops including autozones alternator testing rig. It simply and ONLY measures the output voltage and its sign wave and gives it a load draw amp check for kicks.
If OP just puts his probe leads on the battery and gets 9 some votes, sure it can be a few things, we check for the most common and work back from there.
I hate throwing money at a problem; you should know that if you have read my posts or my threads.
What you seem to do is argue about a point that nearly none of us have made. I did say that parts with warranties are great in the right application but I rather go EOM but I did not say to just buy a new part.
You are getting across plenty to all of us, and it feels like your just being a, well you know.
And as for the last 50 years, well most cars back then ran on generators, not alternators. And when alternators did come out to the world, it was back in the 1960's and they were NOT controlled like they are now and I can tell you that all the OEM alternators from the 70's (well in the cars I have owned and worked on) No they only had a ground and a charging wire. I’m sure some may have but you’re kind of going off the deep end here with exaggerations and ALL CAPS. No need to yell dude.
Glad to see you’re done, as am I, and so should this thread because OP has yet to respond. I’m sure he went to AutoZone and got a new part and it fixed it and he abandoned this thread. LOL