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Re: Charging hassles

To: "Eric Erickson" <eric@erickson.on.net>,
Subject: Re: Charging hassles
From: "Andrew Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:05:46 -0600
Autozone has the same deal for about $45 if I recall correctly.  It is a 
rebuilt lucas...

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:09:17 -0400, Mike Lishego wrote:

>
>>So fellas, what has fallen off where?  Ignition light on when I turn the
>>key off and a DEAD battery the next day.
>
>
>Classic symptoms of a dead alternator.  Mine (and just about everyone
>else's) did the same thing when my alternator booked a cruise on the Rebuild
>Lines.  I'm gonna suggest this - to make sure there's no fault in your
>wiring causing a short to the ignition light, try this.  Hook up a good
>battery to the car and watch the pretty ignition light come on.  Pull the
>plug out of the alternator and check the light.  If the light is gone, the
>short is in the alternator.  If it stays on, you have a short somewhere
>else.  Good luck - I got a lifetime warranty alternator for my '74 MGB for
>about $70, no core charge.
>
>>Eric
>>'68 MGB
>
>Michael S. Lishego
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706/
>
>
>



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Andrew Lundgren
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