topless pony

need help with problem. have 88 gt with 117,000k on it. on wednesday i installed new 140 amp alternater and accel coil. friday afternoon i'm driving home from work and i seem to be losing power, battery gauge fluttering, at lights idle very choppy,up,down,up,down. stalls once or twice. get on high way and car is acting funny. mash peddle and car bogs down almost back fires and stalls out. hasn't started since. would appreciate any help. thanks<IMG height=22 src=smileys/smiley6.gif width=17 border="0">

vfast

well I would put back on the other parts and drive...I think you have answered your own question<img border="0" src=smileys/smiley2.gif border="0">

topless pony

why would new parts (upgrades) affect the way the car ran. maybe alternater is hooked up wrng? but then the car wouldn't have started the first time after i installed the new parts? also when cranking -oil pressure gauge fluctuates -but car doesn't start.

vfast

see if it is getting fire to the plugs???

harvey041

Make sure you pushed the wires to the alternator in all the way. I replaced the alternator on my brothers car and the battery light would keep going on and all the crap would happen, then when I went to check it out I found out that I didn't push the wires all the way in where they should be, and then it worked fine. Good luck finding the problem.<edited><editID>harvey041</editID><editDate>37906.9872685185</editDate></edited>

mdvaldosta

Ford alternators also have a bad problem with the alternator plugs, parts stores even stock them for a few bucks. If that was your problem then you have a dead battery too. An unhooked or bad alternator would only cause charging problems, and thats what it sounds like happened, your battery just went dead from not being charged. Put a charger on the battery, take it up to a parts store, and have them put it on a tester, or test yourself with a voltmeter. Look for 14 or so volts on the battery with the car running.