Help! I think my alternator died!!!
04-10-2014, 05:32 AM
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Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
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Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
Theres plenty of knowledgeable people on this forum to diagnosis this pick one member and stay with that member . Im sure all others will sit back and let you get thru it Im working until around 4pm florida time . Good luck.
04-10-2014, 07:27 AM
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Ok, I can do everything the test requires except I'm not sure where the fuel cap is
Could it be the wire in the 2nd pic?
Could it be the wire in the 2nd pic?
04-10-2014, 08:36 AM
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Low, I'm sorry. I meant to say the injector connector not fuel cap. Check out post # 109. I will do the spark plug test after checking the switch. Almost home
04-10-2014, 09:45 AM
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Holding the pedal all the way to the floor while starting it does the same thing. Interrupts the injector signal.
04-10-2014, 10:06 AM
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I'm going to apologize in advance for this post. I think it's great that you want to do your own work. However, before you can do any work with any degree of success, you need to know the basics. It is painfully obvious that you do not. AC compressors are alternators. Bolts are nails. Vacuum hoses are fuel caps, no...injector connectors. I'm not trying to be mean, just real. If you have no clue about what you're looking at, how can anyone give any advice that can help you at all? You need to learn what it is you're looking at, and the correct terminology of what it is. Basic subsystem component identification will go a long way. Help us help you. Buy a manual. Read it. Look at the pictures. Soak it in. Avoid forum posts asking for diagnostic advice until you know the basics, you are only confusing yourself, and wasting other people's valuable time. We are all here to help you out, and don't mind doing so, but you ignore solid advice from the get go, and run with opinions and assumptions. Again, I'm not trying to be mean, I really want you to learn how to do things, however you need to do your part, too. Until this happens, I won't be wasting my time anymore trying to help. Good luck to you.
04-10-2014, 10:25 AM
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04-10-2014, 10:34 AM
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I'm going to apologize in advance for this post. I think it's great that you want to do your own work. However, before you can do any work with any degree of success, you need to know the basics. It is painfully obvious that you do not. AC compressors are alternators. Bolts are nails. Vacuum hoses are fuel caps, no...injector connectors. I'm not trying to be mean, just real. If you have no clue about what you're looking at, how can anyone give any advice that can help you at all? You need to learn what it is you're looking at, and the correct terminology of what it is. Basic subsystem component identification will go a long way. Help us help you. Buy a manual. Read it. Look at the pictures. Soak it in. Avoid forum posts asking for diagnostic advice until you know the basics, you are only confusing yourself, and wasting other people's valuable time. We are all here to help you out, and don't mind doing so, but you ignore solid advice from the get go, and run with opinions and assumptions. Again, I'm not trying to be mean, I really want you to learn how to do things, however you need to do your part, too. Until this happens, I won't be wasting my time anymore trying to help. Good luck to you.
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04-10-2014, 10:44 AM
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Alright fellas, this is what I'm working with:
Tools. Check
Jar to hold screws and bolts. Check
Gloves for my manicure. Super check
Hammer if someone tries me. Check. Check
...dunkin donuts coffee. Gotta have it check
Phone and iPad. Check
Y'all. Because I can't do it without y'all UTMOST CHECK
Tools. Check
Jar to hold screws and bolts. Check
Gloves for my manicure. Super check
Hammer if someone tries me. Check. Check
...dunkin donuts coffee. Gotta have it check
Phone and iPad. Check
Y'all. Because I can't do it without y'all UTMOST CHECK
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04-10-2014, 10:56 AM
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So just to be clear Low, instead of taking out the spark plug, and putting it into the spark plug wire and sitting it on the compressor while disconnecting the injector connector, I can just start her up and press the gas petal all the way down to the floor?