Old Mar 1, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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Found this, looks like no, unless they have an olde stylee back up built in;

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The BF Falcon uses a new generation 130 amp Mitsubishi alternator, 5R29-10300-AC, known as a smart alternator. It uses a voltage regulator with three terminals: A (or S) terminal, SIG (or RC) terminal and FR (or LI) terminal. The A terminal senses the voltage at the battery, the SIG terminal receives a pulse width modulated (PMW) signal off requency 128 Hz from the ECU to control regulating voltage and the FR terminal sends a signal to the ECU indicating how hard the alternator is working.

The Ford Focus also uses a smart alternator, manufactured by Magneti Marelli or Motorcraft. They use the same regulator plug as the 130 amp Mitsubishi alternator. All of these alternators can be bench tested using a suitable PWM.

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