Battery light on dash

Giffo,

If the battery light is on but not very bright it could be a bad earth problem.

Made sure that all the earth leads are clean and tight on the battery and the body. There should also be a good earth to the motor as well.

If you have a multi meter you could check how many volts the alternator is pumping out.

However if all this is OK it sounds like a trip to the local auto electrician.

Wayne

Im my experience these are quite difficult to track down.

I have gone down the path of trying o find where the bad earth is, and have ended up adding extra earth straps battery to motor, battery to body and motor to body.

I found that fixed the problem.

Sounds like the brushes in the alternator could be on the way out also.

Stress less :) My 2.8 has done it for the 1.5 years I have owned it.
Both Batteries charge fine.

Cheers Stefan