Sumo

pull your dash out and take it too an instrument place... Better then trying to do it yourself

Sproosy is gay

Just thinking about disconnecting a battery whilst its running, In the odd chance that the altenator was still able to produce voltage - The sensing wire would sense 0 volts at the battery, therefore you could have a voltage spike upwards of 17 odd volts, not good.

Duncan, heh, well the only thing that might make it keep on charging is the residual magnetism in the rotor. Either way, its not a good thing Generally altenators dont have an earth on them, They usually earth through the common earth to the engine block. They should have 2 or 3 wires and a main lead going to them. Cheers Sumo

wishaw, I dont fully agree with that. If you have a really flat battery, the altenator will not be able to produce 14.5Volts at the battery terminals, you will find as the battery charge level goes up, the voltage will eventually rise - but this takes quite a while. Its not uncommon to see an altenator putting in 12.8 volts and it may rise to 13.2 volts and stay their for a while. You will only get maximum voltage being produced when everything is in top working condition. The battery is a crucial element that makes up the charging system. Its funny you know, I get old blokes coming in saying that once a car is running you can pull a battery lead off to make sure the "generator" is working..... Not these days Once you loose your field power the alt will stop charging. Once they work figure out Perpetual Motion, you will only need a battery to start it. Cheers Sumo

I would take any if they were given too me.

Hahahaha, Buster's friends are pole smokers

BF2 is ok.

I would get it on a dyno mate, even if you have to drop the front tailshaft. I would rather be sure then have someone who might have got their settings mixed up and end up with bigger problems (not having a go at anyone in this thread). Cheers Sumo

I assume your chasing a pod filter? I wouldn't change it from stock. I don't like my pod at all, and in the odd chance that you have to drive on a gravel road, it scares me to think the size of the dust particles that would be getting sucked in. But im not here to tell you how to modify your car, go down to autobarn and get one of their trained technical advisors to best advise on what would be the most suitable product for your car.

Geez, if they are charging $700 odd bucks for a reco one, whats a newie worth? Cheers Sumo

I agree - dogs are an awesome deterent. I dont live in a capital city though - when the locals try and steal a car around here that doesn't have the keys in the ignition it is to hard for them, so they just vandilise insted. Another bonus of living out here "in the sticks", an r33 doesn't mean much to the average joe blow, they would perfer a HSV. Cheers Sumo

Meh Looks like everyone will be running out to do a manual to auto conversion after that conversation in here. Ill stick to my tire burning 5 speed thanks. Cheers Sumo

Thats right, If their is a diode gone in 1 or more phases of your altenator, we have seen drains up to 4 amps. Thats would also explain why the charge rate is very low. Easy way to do it as the boys have said, put a ammeter inline and pull the leads off the back of the alt. Cheers Matt

Sounds self inflicted. Why were you driving without a licence? Sumo

Lol, I got no idea. But tell him he is dreamin... Sumo

lol, its funny to own someones letter box Damn NSW and fireworks laws! Sumo

Ouch man, was it insured?

Thats really uncool and uncalled for. Do we want skyliners to be know as a bunch of selfish pricks because they cant get their own way? Sumo

owned.

Alot of people dont understand that losing the young people to buy skylines is going to make the arse fall out of the import market. Its going to stop the fresh blood that is attracted to these forums wanting to know about skylines and how soon they can get into one. Double edged weapon I say. Sumo

exc: of course I didn't, provided their is a load when you undo a terminal their will be a spark produced. They use the spark as an indication that the load is still present. Cheers Sumo

CC also i forgot to mention, if you have a faulty cell in a lead acid battery that is bubbling.... Leave it too your imagination on the resulting explosion - I have seen what batteries do when they explode, although it has never happend to me - but my boss copped one (disconnecting a battery charger). He got drug out and layed under the tap for 15 mins then they took him to the docs. Cheers Sumo

I have seen blokes checking for drains by pulling fuses and running the lead across the battery terminal. What turned out to be a faulty boot light switch also resulted in his Bosch RE60 regulator giving up the ghost. Coincidental, possibly - but there must be a reason the NSW government puts it in the auto electrical sylibus. We have not gone into ECU's yet (still in 2nd year). But a good way to set off airbags is too give them a nice spike. They also should be able to go off 15 seconds later after the power source is removed (by law - safety feature).

The only way you save petrol is to back off on the right hand pedal.