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Mar 19, 2004 | 08:03 AM

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Levi

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Voltage regulator quesrtion

Where is the voltage regulator located? Is it inside the alternator?

Mine has gone bad, but the alt tests out good..

please help..

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Mar 19, 2004 | 11:44 AM

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What car is this again? Omni GLH?

I can't remember, but if so...

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Once upon a time, the Dodge Omni line of vehicles had a nice little voltage regulator mounted somewhere on the firewall that was fairly easy and inexpensive to replace. This apparently all changed with fuel injection in 1990, when the voltage regulator was moved into the onboard computer. Effectively, what would otherwise be a $30 part becomes a $300 part.

from: http://johnbot.livejournal.com/81771.html

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Mar 19, 2004 | 04:15 PM

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I have a Shelby Charger GLH-S, and I don't have that box, I looked. Do you think it may be in the alt?

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Mar 19, 2004 | 07:49 PM

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Levi, the power module(the black computer next to the battery)
it controls the charging system.

Mar 20, 2004 | 04:01 AM

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Damn it that thing, that air flows through is shot?

How can I test it Mike? I tested the car on the alt test and shows not enouigh voltage, remove the alt and tests good @ the shop..WTF power module again.

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Mar 20, 2004 | 09:13 AM

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Power Module or fusible links are melted, bad.

Mar 20, 2004 | 02:03 PM

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Would that make all my guages dead? the tach is dead also, this all happened @ the same time, when I noticed the car misfiring and voltage was reading low, then bam, all dead. but car ran kinda... Do you have a module that works FS, and if not will any turbo module work ? give me all the details brother teach me..

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Mar 21, 2004 | 04:36 AM

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Damn it that thing, that air flows through is shot?

How can I test it Mike? I tested the car on the alt test and shows not enouigh voltage, remove the alt and tests good @ the shop..WTF power module again.

Levi-

To test the alternator and narrow down the problem, apply +12V to the field terminals (the two small wires going to the alternator). If the alternator output voltage jumps way up when you do that, then the alternator is good and the voltage regulator/field wiring/power module is bad.

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Mar 22, 2004 | 04:52 PM

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so that enitre box thing on the side needs to be replaced. Just to make sure it the box that air should be draswn through with stock air intake setup?

How much do those go for?

Can I use anyone, or does it have to be for a Shelby and Turbo?

I found one on a 84 charger carb, does carb matter, for what this one part does?

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