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[Lornaben]

OK I fitted the spare alty to the XJ this evening after the old one finally popped its clogs.

All bolted on, belt routed etc and fired the motor up ..... no charge at all 

Rechecked all the connections and all are good, no out put from the alty 

Any ideas to try before I melt the plastic buying a new one tomorrow.

Need the car to get me to manchester Sat morning to go on holiday 

[bigjeepzj]

check you got a voltage to the armature connection. to check that the ECU is ok and controlling the alternator
 

[Arno]

Make sure your battery is fine, also positive lead is properly connected etc... If not charge, alternator is a no go, but to confirm that, and autolec will be able to test it for you..   

[Lornaben]

OK, todays lesson is as follows 

If a wire has shorted and the connector is FUBAR, replacing the connector is not the only thing you should be looking at.

















There are TWO ends of any wire and a shorted one may have damage elsewhere other than the obvious melted end ...... the other end may have got hot and melted too 

Reconnecting the other end will then produce a good connection and result in the alternator actually getting its charge to the battery 

DOH! 

and

PHEW 

Thanks for the advice chaps 

[XJ Fan]

  Glad you got it sorted though

[donk498]

My trail fix finally gave up then   

[Lornaben]

My trail fix finally gave up then 

Yup and gently fried everything in its path 

[donk498]

You only get 12 months warranty on field fixes 

[The Smiths]

You only get 12 months warranty on field fixes 

thought it was 12 yards

[Lornaben]

You only get 12 months warranty on field fixes 

 
Serves me right for bragging it was still functional at Cheapfest 

Oh, and if I get 12 months, it's still under warranty then