Reply to "Charging Gremlins - RESOLVED"

5754If you're not kickin' up dust, you're collectin' it!

Hi Ron,
Thanks for the pointer to that article. I reviewed it (good stuff in there) and am happy to report that my ammeter already has the 'fix' of securing the cables with the multiple lock washers and nuts, and everything was nice and tight when I checked it out.

After reading an article on bypassing the ammeter and going with a volt meter, I'm tempted to go that route, however, the battery boiling over has me thinking there is a problem somewhere else in the chain that needs to be handled first ... I'm going to check on the alternator and regulator (make sure grounding is ok), but I don't have the gear to do a lot of testing - certainly not up to pulling the alternator to do bench tests at this point. If there are some simple tests that I can do using a standard multi-meter without taking out the firewall (so, at the battery, at the fuse box, or at the back of the ammeter), I'd rather do those first.

Any thoughts/advice welcome.

10/16/087:24 AM

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