My 1978 Spider has developed a new feature. After starting the car, pressing the gas pedal causes the "generator" light to illuminate on the dash, more brightly as you press the gas pedal more. This did not prevent the car from driving for the final week of last "season". I first decided this...

Hello all, been a while since ive posted, always lurking though finding solutions on here for problems i cant solve. 1974 Spider, spica. Was having a non start non charging issue, the battery was fairly new so i figured it was the alternator. Have a few other alts around so tried those but they...

Hi Guys, Last night my Spider would not start. When I ran the alternator test using my charger last night it told me alternator was bad (even running at 3-4k RPM). I ran a smart charger overnight and had it at full power this morning. This afternoon I was checking the connections around the...

I had Jeff Young and his team rebuild the alternator on my 1972 Montreal. They did a fantastic job and it looks just like new. The old one had been covered in oil due to an engine failure experienced by the PO. They could not clean the core, found a new one and put it all back together. Highly...

BBers, Merry (belated) Christmas and Happy New Year (upcoming)! Trying to get some opinions on rebuilding the Bosch alternator for the Monty. I am having a hard time finding the rebuild parts (brushes are OK...no bearings) and I am wondering about following one of the ideas from Bruce's...

Hi all I wanted to check my alternator on my 82gtv6. I thought i could measure voltage between the 2 wires coming from the alternator, but read 0 same 0 between the main wire coming from alternator and the ground,.. do you guys know how to check if my alternator needs replacement ? thanks ...

Ok, I was having an issue with #7 blowing. after determining the proper size fuse 10A (PO had 5) it still was blowing. No gauges were working, I lived with it, checking my oil and gas regurlary. Then after a couple of weeks, the battery went dead. Alternator was only putting out 12.2 volts...

well to be honest, someone took a water hose and soaked the entire engine area with soapy water twice, but the second time in think it got in the alternator. afterward we tried to start the engine and all we heard was clicking. We waited until morning to try it again, same thing, clicking, now...

When I was out driving yesterday, the radio stopped playing and I noticed that the voltmeter had dropped to nothing. A few seconds later, it went back to reading about 12 volts and the radio came back on. It did the same thing a few minutes later and, this time, the meter stayed at 'zero.' I...

Hi All! I recently got my Alfa started up for the first time in a few months and in the maiden voyage around the block lost a well worn v-belt. I was wondering if there was any standard procedure to replace it. Upon inspection I've found that there is not enough clearance between an element...

Hi all, i'm not only new to AlfaBB, but new to the alfa community too - be gentle with me. I'm hoping not to do the 'this may sound like a stupid question, but....' so onto my request for help. I recently bought a '88 alfa graduate that had sat in my uncle-in-laws garage for ages. i got a...

Hello, I recently purchased a 1971 Alfa Spider and while driving through Golden Gate Park my water pump failed. Had it towed home and after reading all the good posts on here regarding replacing the pump, I felt brave and attempted the job myself. I ordered a new pump, fan, radiator cap, belt...

I put a Milano alternator in my spider. Everything was fine for several months. Now when I turn my key off the generator light comes on and stays on. When i disconnect the green wire coming from the fuse box to the alternator of coarse the light goes off. The battery is holding a charge and a...

Greetings, S-Men (and women); I removed the alternator from my '73 to change the bearings and discovered the interior wiring in such a state that it needed much more attention than I was prepared to give it at that time (see pic 1; your old alternator, while perfect from the outside, might look...