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Masterbasser

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  1. Nah never contacted anyone over there about it seems like everythings in order just was a bad connection, still not getting charge at idle sometimes,the car has a aftermarket cam in it so it lopes around anywhere from 800 to 600 at the lowest, depends what fuel im running usually

    seems to stay around 15 volts all the time now

    i am just worried about the connection on the charging stud and getting bolt off or tighter

  2. i checked all connections on vehicle before work and the one on alternator post had somehow loosened a bit, i went to tighten it and i could not tighten it without possibly breaking something (not sure if theres corrosion all over or if the bolt was partially melted or what but was unable to loosen or tighten the bolt without being scared of breaking it right off)

    i headed to work and noticed now i was getting 15.2 volts cold-later dropped to around 14.6 or so (hot im guessing)

    i believe the issue was a bad connection at the alternator positive output

    now at 2 ohm output dropping from 14.6 to 13.9 on bass hits. not sure what to do about the output bolt though

    I will update thread if there are any changes in the future!

  3. I bought a mechman 320 s billet hairpin alternator for my ford mustang late last year,just got it in maybe a month ago or so been working fine (kinda) I had hoped to get 14.5 volts out of the unit(requested 14.5 when i ordered) when i was seeing 13.9at max

    anyways a couple weeks ago i dropped in a different stereo and everything was going fine (i think) i am only running at 2 ohms on amp right now so getting maybe 3000 watts out at the most

    at 2 ohm load on amplifier im dropping into high 12s (not terrible) snaps right back

    now today I was driving to work and i looked down and seen voltage ranging from 13.5 to 15 volts,jumping around even with radio down,wasnt doing it all the time but here and there

    I could also hear a bit of whirring from up by the engine ( i suspect it was the alternator bearings maybe?)

    so i popped the hood and this is what i saw

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    the bolt on the positive output of alternator had turned white i believe this bolt was copper colored when i got it with the alternator???, is there any explanation why that would be? and also why the voltage would be jumping around? possible regulator gone bad on alternator?

  4. It definately increases the temp when running the stereo hard, not sure if its jsut the alternator heating up and causing the temp sensor to go up or if its heating up the coolant thru the radiator hose running directly on top of the alternator

    i idled the car for 30 mins and drove it for 20 mins with no stereo playing and temp stayed around 1/3 on the gauge,starting hammering the bass and it quickly rose over half way on the gauge and stayed up

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