tirogers
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you guys have been super helpful!!!! Thank you so much!
I have an 89 w/ a 90 4.0 transplanted into it by the previous owner. Now that i have the engine running correctly...i have noticed an electrical draw :doh:
Long story short i pulled the alternator and replaced it with a known good one and new battery..took me 3 tries but i got it one that fit. I originally robbed one off a 94 cherokee I have only to find out it was different. I then went and got a working one off a supposed 1990 and forgot to bring the correct one with me to compair....well i got home and discovered I have the same one as the 94...so i returned with the one off the jeep and the guys told me in there redneck ways that "that aint origional" on of the guys went in the back and came out with a re manufactured that was for a chevy 454..."that aint no jeep alternator u got der" but sure enough they were the same so i got that one and sure enough it bolted right in....
My Alternator looks original, brackets and all...jeep did make 2 types didn't they? Please some one has to know?
there is no fan type blade on mine like there is on my 94
After all this BS....
then noticed one of the wires was cut beyond the connectors (probably $$$ i didnt need to spend :doh: and time)...
after reconnecting wires
voltage gauge in jeep reads just above red with it running and lights off, and with lights on it drops some and as i drive more it drops more and more to the point the jeep will stop shifting, run really crappy, and eventually not run at all until the battery is charged.
I have not noticed any problems driving with the lights off...but im sure it is prolly drawing some power right?
my question is what is the series of tests i should preform w/ my meter? i tried searching and didn't have much luck......Thanks in advance
I have an 89 w/ a 90 4.0 transplanted into it by the previous owner. Now that i have the engine running correctly...i have noticed an electrical draw :doh:
Long story short i pulled the alternator and replaced it with a known good one and new battery..took me 3 tries but i got it one that fit. I originally robbed one off a 94 cherokee I have only to find out it was different. I then went and got a working one off a supposed 1990 and forgot to bring the correct one with me to compair....well i got home and discovered I have the same one as the 94...so i returned with the one off the jeep and the guys told me in there redneck ways that "that aint origional" on of the guys went in the back and came out with a re manufactured that was for a chevy 454..."that aint no jeep alternator u got der" but sure enough they were the same so i got that one and sure enough it bolted right in....
My Alternator looks original, brackets and all...jeep did make 2 types didn't they? Please some one has to know?
there is no fan type blade on mine like there is on my 94
After all this BS....
then noticed one of the wires was cut beyond the connectors (probably $$$ i didnt need to spend :doh: and time)...
after reconnecting wires
voltage gauge in jeep reads just above red with it running and lights off, and with lights on it drops some and as i drive more it drops more and more to the point the jeep will stop shifting, run really crappy, and eventually not run at all until the battery is charged.
I have not noticed any problems driving with the lights off...but im sure it is prolly drawing some power right?
my question is what is the series of tests i should preform w/ my meter? i tried searching and didn't have much luck......Thanks in advance