Ford Repair: trouble, ford fairmont, throttle cable
Questioni wrote to you before but had another question. On my 1980 ford fairmont with 45,000 original miles. I'm still having trouble with a dim glowing alternator light that comes on mainly whe i slow down, put in a gear, or stop, NOT in park(and it seems worse wheni have radio, headlights etc.. on). I had a brand new battery and alternator and the belts seems fine. The mechanics said the alternator is good. But i am still having the same problems and when i come to a stop or slowy down i lose power. The headlights don't appear to dim . COUld it be anything with my plugs or if i had my idle adjusted would that help things????
AnswerRyan, I wrote to you earlier, so read that. If you idle is set to low, that could cause the light to come on. Adjusting the idle is very easy. Take a small flat head screwdriver. Locate where the throttle cable comes in to the carb. There will be a screw that holds the lever at a certain position. Make an adjustment and then take the car for a drive. Your car should probably idle around 900 rpms. Plugs will not directly have anything to do with the light coming on. I hope this helps, Jason