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I had this same issue, I resolved it by pulling apart the fuse box and cleaning all the connections with trichloroflorothane contact cleaner, you dont have to use trich though, any good electrical contact cleaner

Alright so issue is not resolved, when I check with my multimeter my RH side alternator is actually drawing current from my rear battery, what in the world would cause that, like I said I just replaced the voltage regulator and these are new batteries, couldnt find any threads with my same symptoms

two bad batteries and a voltage regulator solved the problem, I did actually pull the diode from the alt to test with ohmeter. Rear battery held zero charge with it most likely why I got the 12vdc on the plug with key on, thanks for help, I tried searching other threads but I didnt really find...

So Im having serious charging issues, the more I drive the more the rear battery gets drained, RH alternator is cold, with key off red lead to ground has 24VDC white has 0, with key on red 24 white 12. diode tests ok, it there a quick test for the regulator I can perform with my multimeter...

I just read your post and wanted to write that I had a similar issue, my gauge has always read in the upper green, in fact it seemed that my batteries were seeing some over voltage at the same time my gen 2 light was flickering, never did anything cause nothing ever went dead. I recently fixed...

Sorry it took so long to get back here (im not online often and I travel a lot), I got a chance to check my u-joints, they were very seized, I beat them out and drove to Wisconsin and back with no problems, thank you everyone for your help and I truly apologize for taking so long to respond.

Ok opening this one up again had the same issue again this is after replacing the wheel bearings making sure the spring bushings were not the issue, replacing forward tie rod end of the center link. I noticed someone suggested u-joints, did you mean ball joints, u-joints shouldnt be spinning if...

Thanks everyone, last night I took the time to make sure the steering box was bled free of any air as well as replace the pump lines, looks like everything is a ok at the moment thank you all for your help.

So I'm having some steering issues with my 84 cucv, when returning from a Left hand or right hand turn my wheel will "cam" over center to the opposite direction, sometimes when correcting this it cams over to the opposite side again. Ive already replaced one bad center link rod end and the...

Im looking through the maintenance manual on testing alternators, and Im sure everyone else has seen that a test bench is the preferred method for testing. My gen 2 light is sweeping bright to dim, and Im reading 30VDC cycling to 28VDC in sync with the light, meanwhile my voltage gauge stays...

sounds like a lazy voltage regulator, I wouldnt really worry about it until the light stays on

Been a while since I checked on this thread and I just wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to help me out, looks like it was the relay, I pulled it at work put it on the tester to find it was intermittently functional, thanks again everyone

Really want to put at least a four speed in my CUCV, anyone have any part numbers or suggestions, Im also looking at putting in a turbo down the road anyone know how the sidewinder kit works out?

actually yes, is the primary load that brightens the light, it would make sense if there were a short somewhere before the fan on/off switch.

Thats what I thought but I checked all grounds (to the best of my knowledge) voltage seems to be good on/off, Im planning on tracing hot wires tonight for shorts.