Two things that came up as I have switched just about every bulb over to LED's in the Tbird.
1) You need an ELECTRONIC NO-LOAD flasher. Once I installed the bulbs, there was not enough amp draw to make the old flasher flash. I went to the local parts store and they tried to sell me a "LED compatible flasher". It was the same flasher that I had installed. I got my no-load flasher from my local 4x4 store.
2) This one drove me crazy. I swapped from a Powermaster alternator to a Ford 2G from a 1991 Taurus because I have learned that having replacement parts that you can get locally is way better than having to order and wait... especially when your alternator dies going into a car show.
When I reworked my wiring, my GEN light stayed on. Hmm, so I checked the wiring. Nope, looks right.
Researched any problems online... nope looks correct.
Went through all the wiring with a multimeter... nope looks correct.
The only thing that I didn't have was a resistor in-line with the dummy light to keep the alternator charging if the light burned out. Then I got to thinking... those LED's don't draw much in the way of wattage. I swapped out the LED for the original incandescent... works perfectly.
I still don't know why it worked with the Powermaster 3 wire and then didn't like the Ford 2G series alternator, maybe someone here is smarter on why.
1) You need an ELECTRONIC NO-LOAD flasher. Once I installed the bulbs, there was not enough amp draw to make the old flasher flash. I went to the local parts store and they tried to sell me a "LED compatible flasher". It was the same flasher that I had installed. I got my no-load flasher from my local 4x4 store.
2) This one drove me crazy. I swapped from a Powermaster alternator to a Ford 2G from a 1991 Taurus because I have learned that having replacement parts that you can get locally is way better than having to order and wait... especially when your alternator dies going into a car show.
When I reworked my wiring, my GEN light stayed on. Hmm, so I checked the wiring. Nope, looks right.
Researched any problems online... nope looks correct.
Went through all the wiring with a multimeter... nope looks correct.
The only thing that I didn't have was a resistor in-line with the dummy light to keep the alternator charging if the light burned out. Then I got to thinking... those LED's don't draw much in the way of wattage. I swapped out the LED for the original incandescent... works perfectly.
I still don't know why it worked with the Powermaster 3 wire and then didn't like the Ford 2G series alternator, maybe someone here is smarter on why.
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