1986 Chevy Caprice battery not gettig charged

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1986 CHEVROLET CAPRICE

Electrical problem
1986 Chevy Caprice V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic

my battery is not getting any charge, has new starter, new alternator and new silinoid

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 AT 3:57 PM

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JMALECKI

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Hello
Check the fusable link at the starter it is an extra wire that gets connected to the starter with the battery cable and runs to the alternator to allow it to charge the battery. The wire acts as a fuse and will burn in two inside the insulation.
John

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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 AT 10:00 PM

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Hello john,
I checked the cable u said to and that is not the problem. I just put it in today. When I use my signals my hazard lights and all four signals turn on. Any other ideas? Oh yeah my stearing colume is not the original one.
Thanks, Jr.

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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 AT 10:49 PM

JMALECKI

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well it sounds like you have a short somewhere, to bypass all this you can run a wire from the battery terminal on the back of the alternator to the possitive battery cable at the battery this should take care of the no charge problem.
John

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Thursday, August 20th, 2009 AT 5:01 PM

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There is already a wire existing like that.
Jr

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Thursday, August 20th, 2009 AT 7:35 PM

JMALECKI

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Jr
then the alternator should be charging the battery, check to see if there is battery voltage at that wire also check to see that there is voltage at the 2 wire plug with the key on.
John