1981 Mercury Lynx Electrical

1981 MERCURY LYNX
87,000 MILES • 4 CYL • MANUAL
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CHICAWONG
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Been working on my Lynx and can't get the "Amp" light to go out. Battery is good, bought a new voltage regulator for it, had the alternator tested and that came back fine, but tried another alternator as well and nothing has worked, it kills the battery every time..
Dec 29, 2013 at 5:50 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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If the alt is good and the battery is good, then there has to be a break down between the two which is not allowing power to get from the alt to the battery. Have you checked the fusible link? If it is bad, the alt can't recharge the battery.

Let me know.
Dec 29, 2013 at 6:00 PM
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CHICAWONG
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Not fusible links. Positive and ground battery wires are good..Don't know what else it could be..
Jan 5, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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How was the fusible link checked? There really isn't any thing other that would cause this.
Jan 6, 2014 at 5:22 AM
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