Found the problem...

It was the 60 amp battery fuse in the fuse box, the previous owner must have
been tinkering with it because it was very loose and the contacts bent to
the point where the contact to the fuse was very sub par, Went to Honda, got
a new fuse (new contacts included) and now works like a charm

Thanks for all your help

Brian




"99 Z71 owner" <Z71@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:yFGlb.151846$pl3.128070@pd7tw3no...
> My Daughter has a 1990 Honda Civic with an intermittent charging problem
(it
> seems)
>
> Her car will be fine one minute, then she'll stop at a light, everything
> will go dim and slow down like the engine was running on the battery and
it
> was dying, when she rev's it up, it all comes back to life, she was also
> having trouble starting it occasionally, it turned over slowly and had to
be
> jump started a couple of times
>
> Thinking the alternator was toast, I brought it home, disconnected the
> battery cables while the car was still running and the engine still ran ok
> off the alternator
>
> She bought a brand new battery for it and all was ok for a couple of days,
> then it started acting up again, everything dimming at a stop light until
> she revved it up and then wouldn't start when she parked it.
>
> Is there more than just the alternator in there like a voltage regulator
or
> something that could be the problem
>
> One thing she had installed in the last few months is a car alarm, she had
> it installed professionally but I think there could be a short somewhere
in
> there because when she is trying to jump start it, the alarm activates or
> arms itself and goes off
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance
>
> Brian
>
>

 

Found the problem...

It was the 60 amp battery fuse in the fuse box, the previous owner must have
been tinkering with it because it was very loose and the contacts bent to
the point where the contact to the fuse was very sub par, Went to Honda, got
a new fuse (new contacts included) and now works like a charm

Thanks for all your help

Brian




"99 Z71 owner" <Z71@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:yFGlb.151846$pl3.128070@pd7tw3no...
> My Daughter has a 1990 Honda Civic with an intermittent charging problem
(it
> seems)
>
> Her car will be fine one minute, then she'll stop at a light, everything
> will go dim and slow down like the engine was running on the battery and
it
> was dying, when she rev's it up, it all comes back to life, she was also
> having trouble starting it occasionally, it turned over slowly and had to
be
> jump started a couple of times
>
> Thinking the alternator was toast, I brought it home, disconnected the
> battery cables while the car was still running and the engine still ran ok
> off the alternator
>
> She bought a brand new battery for it and all was ok for a couple of days,
> then it started acting up again, everything dimming at a stop light until
> she revved it up and then wouldn't start when she parked it.
>
> Is there more than just the alternator in there like a voltage regulator
or
> something that could be the problem
>
> One thing she had installed in the last few months is a car alarm, she had
> it installed professionally but I think there could be a short somewhere
in
> there because when she is trying to jump start it, the alarm activates or
> arms itself and goes off
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance
>
> Brian
>
>