Arnz

Gonna go to the wreckers tomorrow, and pillage some parts... ps- Simon, thats a sweet avatar

Thanks for the tips guys...now I guess I just have to get the darn Alt. out...sounds (from what i've read), that I am in for a little patience-testing, knuckle bruising fun...at least I have an uncle-in-law with a lift As for the switch, sounds like a "bright" idea....bwhahahaha

So, after doing some searching, i don't think I have found my answer, but i think i have a few issues going on. First of all, ever since I got my 92, the driver's side low beam hasn't worked, however I check/replaced the bulb and that wasn't it. So, recently, my battery light starts coming on while driving, getting brighter at higher rpm's, until the one remain low beam goes out...now, my battery has died.. So what I am surmising is some coincedence...After reading the "common problems pinned topic" I think I have the infamous headlight switch problem which is affecting the headights....and maybe the coincedence is that my alternator/battery has gone in the meantime... Wanting to figure this out myself, and being slightly mechanically inclined, I went out and bought a multimeter today (good to have right?). So I test the "dead" battery, which won't start the truck, and it reads a somewhat healthy 11.96 V...However, then I jumpstarted it, which worked fine, threw the meter on again, and it read 10.5V, obviously not right... Being a newb, I just want be sure that my guess of it being 2 issues, and that the charging problem is the alternator, is correct before i go out an buy a new alternator....or do the swap with the maxima one that I read on here Thanks for your patience and help! Cheers~

Hey Folks, just a quik howdy to say hello to the crowd.. My name's Arne, and I live in Coquitlam, BC...I have a 1992 Pathy SE V6...and it has ran fine for about 10 months, till now which is how I found you guys...Lotsa good info here, I've realized i have a whole host of the usual problems; the spare tire carrier, headlight switch problem, the rust, and more recently a charging system problem...I'll be in the garage section if anyone is lookin.... Cheers!