Slight miss

[Salty Dog]

Slight miss

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[DerekTheGreat]

Sounds like this happened to someone you know? Lol. I have one spare and soon to be two!

Yep, I ended up borrowing Derek's 2G to get me the rest of the way home.
That was the only problem I had though, and I had a spare 2G at home that I thought about bringing with me but didn't and then wished I had.

Haha yup, good times man. I say throw away because I think that's what sensible people do. I'm a hoarder, if it looks good I'll keep it. Ashley is still rockin' a 2G so in the event she ever needs one it's there.

LOL. Thanks for the feedback everyone. I've already started searching for an alternator.

I have a new clue I discovered this morning on the way to work. The "slight miss" this thread was started about only occurs with the AC on. I rode to work this morning and realized it wasn't happening. I threw on the AC and did the weird miss the rest of the way to work. I also noticed the lights dimmed and it missed as soon as I flipped the switch.

That seems to support what gadget was saying about low voltage & ignition problems...

[gadget73]

I don't bother with using any of the old charge wire, and I wouldn't recommend doing so either. Its not possible to accurately fuse things with 3 current paths. Using a single cable with a single fuse will give you a known over-current level. I cut the old cables at the plug on the fender, and I unhooked the other end of the wire as well. Its still physically in place, but it goes nowhere at either end. Some later models share a connection from the charge harness to other things though, so you may not be able to do that as easily.

[lincolnlarry]

Is it just the compressor cycling causing mechanical drag on the engine?

[Salty Dog]

Thats what I was thinking. Its like once every 3 or 4 seconds. Not really a misfire. More of a quick drag.


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[knucklehead0202]

I don't bother with using any of the old charge wire, and I wouldn't recommend doing so either. Its not possible to accurately fuse things with 3 current paths. Using a single cable with a single fuse will give you a known over-current level. I cut the old cables at the plug on the fender, and I unhooked the other end of the wire as well. Its still physically in place, but it goes nowhere at either end. Some later models share a connection from the charge harness to other things though, so you may not be able to do that as easily.

Shit does this mean I should look closer before doing a 3g swap? I hate wires already so if there's other fuckery involved I may have my buddy do it. Ugh, electrical stuff sucks.

[sly]

you just add one really fat wire and one skinny wire on that fat wire (to do it properly) and don't use 3 that are attached to the current one. It's 2 splices and bolting stuff on. It's really not that bad.