exciter wire p/n; was: 200q warning light

["Frank J. Bauer" <frankbauer@thevine.net>]

At 08:27 AM 3/1/99 -0500, Andrew Duane USG wrote:
>Hairy green toads from Mars made Don & Lori say:
>
>> out driving my 1990 200q around in the wet slushly snow today.  i stopped
>> briefly at a store.  when i restarted the car the battery light warning
>> light would not go out.  the parking brake warning light went dimmer when i
>> took the parking brake off, but it still lit.  also the voltmeter which
>> usually shows 14 volts
>> now shows 10 volts.
>
>Check the exciter wire to the alternator. That's a small
>blue wire that connects to the back of the alternator. On
>cars that old, the wire corrodes and breaks off, which will
>make the alternator fail to produce a charge.

speaking of which, i recently made repairs on mine since i couldn't find
the replacement anywhere in my fiche.
i have since found the exciter wire in a pick-your-part place and the part
number sticker was still attached, so here it is:

443 971 242B

frank