Tonight I started to go for a drive to a friends house. Early I noticed my dash lights were good and bright, I need to have the dimmer knob rebuilt by the member here that does them, I was like cool, that will look good once the dimmer is done, since I redid the tint for them and made it purple to match the car they are a little dim. Well 2 miles down the road I notice my tach reading just over 4000 RPM at 60 MPH, I know my 3.91 rear is bad but come on that's a little high. Then I looked right and saw the amp meter pegged to C, I have done the amp meter "bypass" so any movement a the meter is unusual, plus the fuel, temp and oil pressure gauges not working. Of course I spun around and headed home. At low rpm close to idle it would dim all lights considerably and the amp meter would go back to middle. Once home I checked and found a blown 60 amp fuse on the amp meter bypass wiring. Replace fuse and check voltage, all good at 12.5 idle up to 13.9 higher rpm's. Shut down and look for a few minutes. Restart and check at idle - at the fuse inlet for the upgraded wiring, volts start climbing to 13.9. Once I blip the throttle I see 17.9 volts before I can get the key turned off. New regulator and alternator from NAPA when I did the bypass wiring. Has been fine for close to 1000 miles. I redid and added a bunch of grounds when I redid the charging. I know my regulator went south but is there anything I need to pay attention for that may have caused the reg to die? Any particular regulator out there better than others?
Topic: Tach reading high amp meter pegged high, no other guages working, regulator? (Read 3011 times)
