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heptofite
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So, as some of you may know (actually probably just adsm) i recently fell ass backwards into a 99 dodge stratus.
Originally it kept overcharging but only above 4k rpm.
Then 3k rpm.
then 2k rpm.
and then at idle.
turns out there was some kind of bleed through that was throwing full system voltage into the field coil.
so i replaced the alt with a reman.
blew the field coil within 30 miles, ecu regulator was glitching out at high rpm it seems.
Well, ****.
Because chrysler decided to, in infinite wisdom, attach the voltage regulator to the ECU, and because i didn't want to BUY a new ecu, i googled up some part numbers from old dodge trucks and ended up assembling this little rat's nest of wiring and plugs and one mint condition solid state alternator regulator.
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1979!
Originally it kept overcharging but only above 4k rpm.
Then 3k rpm.
then 2k rpm.
and then at idle.
turns out there was some kind of bleed through that was throwing full system voltage into the field coil.
so i replaced the alt with a reman.
blew the field coil within 30 miles, ecu regulator was glitching out at high rpm it seems.
Well, ****.
Because chrysler decided to, in infinite wisdom, attach the voltage regulator to the ECU, and because i didn't want to BUY a new ecu, i googled up some part numbers from old dodge trucks and ended up assembling this little rat's nest of wiring and plugs and one mint condition solid state alternator regulator.
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1979!
