Usually when my 1991 Town Car is idling the headlights and interior lights pulse. They're steady when driving. I assume this means that the alternator is dying, but I just wanted to make sure there wasn't something else to check out. Could there be anything else that would cause the lights to flicker?

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Thanks. I like your car, it looks just like mine!

The alternator isn't bad. You need to clean all your grounds, and possibly size up to a 2,4, or 1/0 ga ground wire...

check your grounds and upgrade the wirnign on the battery and terminals.
load test your battery too.
check your idle level when in gear.

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i got the same problem. What type of wire is an upgrade? Where do you get it?

Go and buy about 8 ft. of at least 4 ga. wire. You can buy it at a car audio store, wal mart or even an Auto supply store. I would recommend buyng the car audio wire since the wire is made up of many more strands of copper wire than the standard kind you buy at the auto stores... You can get both at Wal-mart...

You can do the "big-3" upgrade which is adding three wires to the existing ones. These are:

1.) Alternator Positive to Battery Positive.
Existing is 8ga. Add an 4 ga. wire to the existing one and route it on top of the existing wire. You will eventually need to add a fuse on this wire to protect the battery should your alternator send a surge...

2.) Battery Negative to Ground.
Existing is 8 ga. Add an 4 ga. wire to the existing one and route it to the existing ground on the metal side. You can either use the existing stud, or install a new one. If you install a new one, make sure to strip the paint so the stud tightens on bare metal.

3.) Engine to Ground
Not sure what the size of wire this is. Add an 4 ga. wire to the same stud you attached #2 to and route it to a mounting bolt the alternator uses to attach to the motor. If you look at the alternator bracket, on the top there are 3 mounting studs, undo one of them and attach the new wire to it and route to the stud.

If you need pics, let me know

thanks a bunch!!!!!!! yes, pictures would be nice if that isn't too much of a problem.

Send me your e-mail address, and I'll get the pics ready...