[DeTomaso] The latest adventures in the garage

[Christopher Kimball]

I've tried to call Pantera Performance for the last couple of days but the 
line is busy.  My mechanic, however, did manage to get a hold of them and he 
told me their technician said there is no way to get the generator light to 
work with the alternator I have, and that I need to take it out and just use 
the ammeter, or maybe add a volt meter for monitoring the electrical 
charging.

Anyone have any comments about this?  Does it sound right?

Thanks,

Chris


>From: SOBill at aol.com
>To: chrisvkimball at msn.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The latest adventures in the garage
>Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 21:27:15 EDT
>
>Chris,
>
>Great going.
>
>Many 1 wire alternators are actually 3 wire connection  capable.
>
>1 wire is the armature output  ...... the big wire. The  alternator will 
>work
>with only this wire connected .... ergo, "one wire." Good  for selling
>alternators because it sounds so simple.
>
>But, you may have two other pins in a connector on the alternator.  One pin
>is for a charge indicator light and the second pin is  for the internal
>regulator to sample the battery voltage near the  battery.
>
>You need to know exactly which 1 wire alternator you have and then  we can
>get the indicator hooked up ..... and, if you wish, the remote  sensing 
>also.
>
>We have users on this forum who have been all thru this with 1 wire
>alternators.
>
>Have fun,
>
>SOBill  Taylor
>sobill at aol.com
>
>
>
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