From: Chance Wolf (bigbadwolf@telus.net)
Date: Wed May 31 2006 - 22:10:29 PDT
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From: <M35A2USA@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Alternator Replacement
> M880s have just the standard chrysler set up...a cheap alternator 12 V
and a
> cheap external regulator.. there was a separate 24 volt 60 amp Mil
> Std internally regulated radio system installed with radio stuff in the
bed...
> I have owned upwards of 30 of the the M880s and never a problem like
yours..
> You have a wiring problem ,,,.possibly ..I would guess in one of the
> connector harnesses..... The full amperage goes thru the ammeter and it
is prone to
> overheating and catching fire unlike the shunt style used by other mfrs...
> RAM
The two-three of them I dealt with over the years all had really bad
connections at that ammeter, and/or were nearly melted off. Caused some
interesting low voltage problems.
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