some work:
took me 20 mins (and i had no idea how to do it) i just ripped the front off the car and took the alternator out.
then i decided to give the car a wash and some places a buff where some scratches were...most came out but i couldn't move the car to where a had more space so i only did a little bit.
not a bad little unit!!!
also had a question about the gauges...this is when the alternator was stuffed...have not tried it with a new alternator (hopefully it fixes the problem). As soon as the throttle left idle the gauges (fuel, temp, tacho, speedo...but the trip stayed and the time.) would just drop out. the air bag light and the abs light also came on. about 5 seconds after it returned to idle the oil pressure and handbrake light would flash and the gauges would read again.
would this be an earthing problem or would the high voltage from the alternator and the 2 volts from the battery would have been confusing the car?
also if all the things like a/c, headlights and so on were turned on the guages would drop out when the car revved to about 2 grand...
any ideas? hopefully just the battery and alternator problem.
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