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Alternator
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he title of this article says it Affect On Us
all. Every year, more things In 1997, the PCM started sup-
outside the transmission affect plying power to the electromagnetic
transmission operation. There’s no rotor inside the alternator. At the same
question that fixing customers’ vehicles time, Dodge engineers tied a few other
is getting more complicated with every devices into the same power supply…
new model. including the transmission relay.
In this article we’re going to cover So the only way the relay can work
the relay control system used on late is if the alternator and charging system
Dodge trucks and vans. These systems are working properly, and there are no
use a PCM-controlled relay to control related codes. What it also did is give
voltage to the overdrive, lockup and lots of people working on 42/47RE
governor solenoids. If the PCM detects transmissions something else to worry
a circuit fault for the relay or any of about.
the solenoids, it only has to shut the
relay off.
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and current, ground the dark green wire that the circuits out- Normal Color
(full field the rotor) and see whether the side the PCM are
alternator output increases. capable of working.
• If alternator output increases with This leaves the PCM
the dark green wire grounded, as the remaining sus-
the alternator is good. Check the pect. Use the next test
PCM for codes or the data stream to check the PCM.
for false battery temperature. • Using a fused
• If the alternator output doesn’t jumper, connect
increase either with the PCM con- 12 volts to the
trol or grounding the dark green white/ dark blue
wire, replace the alternator. or dark blue wire Dark Color = Overloaded
IMPORTANT — Constant heavy at the PCM. Figure 6
use or additional load devices added
to the vehicle’s electrical system can
greatly reduce the life of the alterna-
tor. Figure 6 is an example of a burned
stator assembly from an overloaded
electrical system.
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