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Good Grief! "Charlie Brown" 1972 Buick Skylark Custom convertible
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On to the next issue: The generator idiot light on the dash won't go out even when the car is off.
I have put 2 alternators in it, replaced the voltage regulator, battery and battery cables. When I put a multimeter on the battery, it read 12.5 amp at idle and 13.7 at about 2000 rpms. I think it may be in the wiring because the generator light flickers when I wiggle the connector going into the voltage regulator at the firewall.
Any insight from the Buick "braintrust" would be appreciated!
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So I take the old switch off and put the new switch on, making sure the actuator rod is in the hole, reconnect everything and raise the column up. I turn the key switch...nothing. No click, no anything. Tried it in neutral...nothing. Checked battery with a multi meter...12.5 amps. Checked connections...all tight. I took the new switch off and tried the old one (which still worked when I took it off)...nothing. Looked for loose wires, especially around neutral safety switch and everything is as it was when it would start.
Is there anything else I've missed that may be keeping this from starting? It shouldn't be this difficult, should it?
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did you align the neutral safety switch with neutral?
do the lights come on? radio work?Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; February 22, 2016, 03:30 PM.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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