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Had another go in Toolangi today and got very muddy
Lots of Fun, but when I got home I noticed that I had dinted passenger side sill, knew I should have got cheezy sliders sooner, also had a flat battery.
I did notice and volts drop on the way home on the dash.
Cleaned the engine bay when I got home and started to charge the battery.
What should I do to get the alternator charging again and also stop this from happening again?
you could try to build a gaurd for the alternator but yea part and parcel of mud athough it hasn't happened to me and i have burried it in mud
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yea it can happen in mud.
If you don't mind pulling things apart and the alt still doesn't charge you could pull out the brushes and spray some wd-40 or similar on them while pushing them in and out with your finger.
Sometimes the mud gets on them and they sieze and don't contact the slip rings- they're spring loaded and should slide in and return on their own freely.
You may be able to pull them out the back of the alt if its a bosch - two screws black cover, or if its a hitachi you'll have to pull it in half.
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If your charge light does come on and you have a long way to go, disconnect all the wires from the alternator and your battery will get you further. We recently did a desert trip and dropped an alternator and the owner was only getting about 4-5 hours run time as the alt puts a load on the battery. After we disconnected the alt we were getting 24 hours run time, obviously with a jump start to get going.
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Is your car a diesel or a petrol eric? if diesel and you diconect the alternator no worries but if its a petrol no go mate. Every time i go out i get nearly the same problem. it may take a few goes but ive found a solution that seems to work. start the engine. tap the alternator with the wooden end of a hammer a couple of times then get a garden hose with a trigger gun on it and spray pressure through the alternator fan and into the alternator. as i said it may take a few times to clean all the mud and grit out of it but it works every time for me. dont worry water will not hurt the alternator just gives them a bit of a clean out!
I was thinking about taking it out to have a good clean.
That was a little too hard.
Yesterday a mate told me to take the points out of the back for a good clean.
I took the belts off so I could get to the back and took the points out.
Full of Mud, wiped and spayed with WD40. Got them moving nicely.
