<VV> alternator conversion

[BobHelt@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/28/04 6:37:33 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
Bonnzz@aol.com writes:

> have 2 problems...I must take off my negative battery terminal when it sits 
> 
> for more than 5 hours or the battery is dead. When I put a test light from 
> the terminal to the alternator housing, it lights up. A friend told me it is 
> 
> probably the diode letting current flow backwards when stopped. Also, my 
> idiot 
> light doesn't work when I turn the key on. Clark's is sending me a free 
> replacement alternator and regulator to see if one or both is defective. 
> Anyone else 
> have this problem?
> 

I suspect that you have the two terminals of that connector reversed.
Regards,
Bob Helt