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[lewisdw]

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Please give your topic a title that quickly describes your problem. Just putting 'Help my Mini doesn't work' is useless to anyone trying to help.
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Model: Austin Mini
Year: 1989
Description of problem (please be as in depth as possible): How do I tell if I have an alternator or generator? Whichever it is, it has three wires going to a flat plastic "plug" that is held on by a wire retainer. The wires going into the plug are iffy at best and causing charging issues, I believe. I've tried to repair it twice, and works for a while. Is this plug and the metal connectors in it available anywhere? The red light on the speedometer is glowing just slightly (is this the charging indicator)? If I do have a generator, where is the voltage regulator located?

Thanks

[david@skeggyminis]

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Please give your topic a title that quickly describes your problem. Just putting 'Help my Mini doesn't work' is useless to anyone trying to help.
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Model: Austin Mini
Year: 1989
Description of problem (please be as in depth as possible): How do I tell if I have an alternator or generator? Whichever it is, it has three wires going to a flat plastic "plug" that is held on by a wire retainer. The wires going into the plug are iffy at best and causing charging issues, I believe. I've tried to repair it twice, and works for a while. Is this plug and the metal connectors in it available anywhere? The red light on the speedometer is glowing just slightly (is this the charging indicator)? If I do have a generator, where is the voltage regulator located?

Thanks

you have an alternator red light is charge the light put a meter on the battrey with the engine running it should read 14 volts

[bmcecosse]

Pull the plug off - you can instead just fit Lucar connectors to the wires and plug each one into the alternator after cleaning the spades.