There isn't much that can go wrong with an alternator. Brushes, bearings,
diodes, windings, I guess that's about it. A cheap multimeter and a good
pair or eyes and ears can check all of these. A little knowledge saves a
lot of money. "Back on the farm" we had to be able to swear up and down
that an alternator was bad before the boss would OK the trip to town to get
a rebuilt unit. I could preach to you some more if you would like...

Earle

"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:acrqqv0vmim49u5eeikbddu6rsasqhi0c0@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:20:49 -0500, "Nelson"
> <newsgroups@optikadesign.qc.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Good to hear, was your original alternator dead also or was it good?
> >
> >Nelson
> >89YJ
>
> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
>
> >
> >"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:6teqqvooqf5d5pk32d84iqhk7tjfavt3lo@4ax.com.. .
> >> On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 12:25:03 -0500, travis
> >> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> shared the following:
> >>
> >> >On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:17:40 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@cj7.com> shared the
> >> >following:
> >> >
> >> >>"hum dinger" fo sho! Be tuff to read 4 ohms with that one...
alternator
> >is
> >> >>probably OK... go get a regulator.
> >> >>JMHO
> >> >
> >> >I just checked and AutoZone has a regulator for $9.89 so I may just do
> >> >that. Yeah, very tough to be sure that it's reading 0 ohms for real
> >> >since it's a 1K scale. 4 ohms would move the needle about 1/00th of
> >> >an inch or so. :-)
> >>
> >> CHA CHING!!! Went by AutoZone and their one regulator they had in
> >> stock was "broken in the box." Not sure how she could look at it and
> >> tell... Anyway, left there and went to Pep Boys. They wanted $26 for
> >> a voltage regulator. Left, went to Advance Auto, they had one in
> >> stock for $9 and change. Came home, swapped it out, fired up Jeep,
> >> voltage jumped right up to a little over 14 V on the voltmeter gauge
> >> on the dash just like it did before the trouble started. Thanks to
> >> everyone who offered me help on this problem. Time to go try out that
> >> winch now... ;-D
> >>
> >> mini rant: WTF is up with parts stores around here?!?!? I'm used to
> >> buying most of my car parts online for that old VW I worked on so
> >> much. I might have to start doing that for the Jeep, too. I get sick
> >> of running around looking for parts for it. Today while I was out, I
> >> asked all 3 stores if they had a distributor cap or rotor for my Jeep.
> >> Of the 3 stores, *one* of them had a rotor in stock. So now I have
> >> plugs and a rotor, still need a cap... maybe within the next few
> >> weeks one of the stores around here will get a cap in stock. *sigh*
> >> Or maybe I'll just order a couple of caps and rotors and plugs online
> >> and put them away for when I need them. The auto parts stores near me
> >> SUCK-DIDDLY-UCK!!! :-/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Travis
> >> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> :wq!
> >
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

There isn't much that can go wrong with an alternator. Brushes, bearings,
diodes, windings, I guess that's about it. A cheap multimeter and a good
pair or eyes and ears can check all of these. A little knowledge saves a
lot of money. "Back on the farm" we had to be able to swear up and down
that an alternator was bad before the boss would OK the trip to town to get
a rebuilt unit. I could preach to you some more if you would like...

Earle

"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:acrqqv0vmim49u5eeikbddu6rsasqhi0c0@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:20:49 -0500, "Nelson"
> <newsgroups@optikadesign.qc.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Good to hear, was your original alternator dead also or was it good?
> >
> >Nelson
> >89YJ
>
> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
>
> >
> >"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:6teqqvooqf5d5pk32d84iqhk7tjfavt3lo@4ax.com.. .
> >> On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 12:25:03 -0500, travis
> >> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> shared the following:
> >>
> >> >On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:17:40 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@cj7.com> shared the
> >> >following:
> >> >
> >> >>"hum dinger" fo sho! Be tuff to read 4 ohms with that one...
alternator
> >is
> >> >>probably OK... go get a regulator.
> >> >>JMHO
> >> >
> >> >I just checked and AutoZone has a regulator for $9.89 so I may just do
> >> >that. Yeah, very tough to be sure that it's reading 0 ohms for real
> >> >since it's a 1K scale. 4 ohms would move the needle about 1/00th of
> >> >an inch or so. :-)
> >>
> >> CHA CHING!!! Went by AutoZone and their one regulator they had in
> >> stock was "broken in the box." Not sure how she could look at it and
> >> tell... Anyway, left there and went to Pep Boys. They wanted $26 for
> >> a voltage regulator. Left, went to Advance Auto, they had one in
> >> stock for $9 and change. Came home, swapped it out, fired up Jeep,
> >> voltage jumped right up to a little over 14 V on the voltmeter gauge
> >> on the dash just like it did before the trouble started. Thanks to
> >> everyone who offered me help on this problem. Time to go try out that
> >> winch now... ;-D
> >>
> >> mini rant: WTF is up with parts stores around here?!?!? I'm used to
> >> buying most of my car parts online for that old VW I worked on so
> >> much. I might have to start doing that for the Jeep, too. I get sick
> >> of running around looking for parts for it. Today while I was out, I
> >> asked all 3 stores if they had a distributor cap or rotor for my Jeep.
> >> Of the 3 stores, *one* of them had a rotor in stock. So now I have
> >> plugs and a rotor, still need a cap... maybe within the next few
> >> weeks one of the stores around here will get a cap in stock. *sigh*
> >> Or maybe I'll just order a couple of caps and rotors and plugs online
> >> and put them away for when I need them. The auto parts stores near me
> >> SUCK-DIDDLY-UCK!!! :-/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Travis
> >> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> :wq!
> >
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:39:08 -0700, "Earle Horton"
<enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> shared the following:

>There isn't much that can go wrong with an alternator. Brushes, bearings,
>diodes, windings, I guess that's about it. A cheap multimeter and a good
>pair or eyes and ears can check all of these.

Well... I started out on the wrong foot by trusting AutoZone when
they said my alternator was bad. After replacing the alternator and
still having the same problem, I read my manual and used my cheap
multimeter my good pair of eyes (courtesy of LASIK) and my
not-so-great ears and from what I read in my manual and observed on my
cheap multimeter, all indications were that the alternator was still
bad. I checked all of the associated wiring closely and it was fine
as far as I could tell. That's when I quit "following the rules" and
just did the obvious. (replace the only part aside from the battery
left in the equation...and I was pretty dang sure it wasn't the
battery since I could let it "rest" and it would recover enough to
restart the Jeep again.) The only thing I think I should have done
differently is to closely inspect the wiring before anything else. In
this case I don't think it would have made a difference.

> A little knowledge saves a
>lot of money.

Fortunately the alternator was only about $40 so it wasn't such a bad
thing this time.

> "Back on the farm" we had to be able to swear up and down
>that an alternator was bad before the boss would OK the trip to town to get
>a rebuilt unit. I could preach to you some more if you would like...
>
>Earle
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:acrqqv0vmim49u5eeikbddu6rsasqhi0c0@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:20:49 -0500, "Nelson"
>> <newsgroups@optikadesign.qc.ca> shared the following:
>>
>> >Good to hear, was your original alternator dead also or was it good?
>> >
>> >Nelson
>> >89YJ
>>
>> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
>> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
>> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
>> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
>> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
>> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
>> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
>>
>> >
>> >"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:6teqqvooqf5d5pk32d84iqhk7tjfavt3lo@4ax.com.. .
>> >> On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 12:25:03 -0500, travis
>> >> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> shared the following:
>> >>
>> >> >On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:17:40 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@cj7.com> shared the
>> >> >following:
>> >> >
>> >> >>"hum dinger" fo sho! Be tuff to read 4 ohms with that one...
>alternator
>> >is
>> >> >>probably OK... go get a regulator.
>> >> >>JMHO
>> >> >
>> >> >I just checked and AutoZone has a regulator for $9.89 so I may just do
>> >> >that. Yeah, very tough to be sure that it's reading 0 ohms for real
>> >> >since it's a 1K scale. 4 ohms would move the needle about 1/00th of
>> >> >an inch or so. :-)
>> >>
>> >> CHA CHING!!! Went by AutoZone and their one regulator they had in
>> >> stock was "broken in the box." Not sure how she could look at it and
>> >> tell... Anyway, left there and went to Pep Boys. They wanted $26 for
>> >> a voltage regulator. Left, went to Advance Auto, they had one in
>> >> stock for $9 and change. Came home, swapped it out, fired up Jeep,
>> >> voltage jumped right up to a little over 14 V on the voltmeter gauge
>> >> on the dash just like it did before the trouble started. Thanks to
>> >> everyone who offered me help on this problem. Time to go try out that
>> >> winch now... ;-D
>> >>
>> >> mini rant: WTF is up with parts stores around here?!?!? I'm used to
>> >> buying most of my car parts online for that old VW I worked on so
>> >> much. I might have to start doing that for the Jeep, too. I get sick
>> >> of running around looking for parts for it. Today while I was out, I
>> >> asked all 3 stores if they had a distributor cap or rotor for my Jeep.
>> >> Of the 3 stores, *one* of them had a rotor in stock. So now I have
>> >> plugs and a rotor, still need a cap... maybe within the next few
>> >> weeks one of the stores around here will get a cap in stock. *sigh*
>> >> Or maybe I'll just order a couple of caps and rotors and plugs online
>> >> and put them away for when I need them. The auto parts stores near me
>> >> SUCK-DIDDLY-UCK!!! :-/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Travis
>> >> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> >> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> >> :wq!
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
>


--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:39:08 -0700, "Earle Horton"
<enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> shared the following:

>There isn't much that can go wrong with an alternator. Brushes, bearings,
>diodes, windings, I guess that's about it. A cheap multimeter and a good
>pair or eyes and ears can check all of these.

Well... I started out on the wrong foot by trusting AutoZone when
they said my alternator was bad. After replacing the alternator and
still having the same problem, I read my manual and used my cheap
multimeter my good pair of eyes (courtesy of LASIK) and my
not-so-great ears and from what I read in my manual and observed on my
cheap multimeter, all indications were that the alternator was still
bad. I checked all of the associated wiring closely and it was fine
as far as I could tell. That's when I quit "following the rules" and
just did the obvious. (replace the only part aside from the battery
left in the equation...and I was pretty dang sure it wasn't the
battery since I could let it "rest" and it would recover enough to
restart the Jeep again.) The only thing I think I should have done
differently is to closely inspect the wiring before anything else. In
this case I don't think it would have made a difference.

> A little knowledge saves a
>lot of money.

Fortunately the alternator was only about $40 so it wasn't such a bad
thing this time.

> "Back on the farm" we had to be able to swear up and down
>that an alternator was bad before the boss would OK the trip to town to get
>a rebuilt unit. I could preach to you some more if you would like...
>
>Earle
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:acrqqv0vmim49u5eeikbddu6rsasqhi0c0@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:20:49 -0500, "Nelson"
>> <newsgroups@optikadesign.qc.ca> shared the following:
>>
>> >Good to hear, was your original alternator dead also or was it good?
>> >
>> >Nelson
>> >89YJ
>>
>> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
>> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
>> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
>> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
>> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
>> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
>> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
>>
>> >
>> >"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:6teqqvooqf5d5pk32d84iqhk7tjfavt3lo@4ax.com.. .
>> >> On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 12:25:03 -0500, travis
>> >> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> shared the following:
>> >>
>> >> >On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:17:40 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@cj7.com> shared the
>> >> >following:
>> >> >
>> >> >>"hum dinger" fo sho! Be tuff to read 4 ohms with that one...
>alternator
>> >is
>> >> >>probably OK... go get a regulator.
>> >> >>JMHO
>> >> >
>> >> >I just checked and AutoZone has a regulator for $9.89 so I may just do
>> >> >that. Yeah, very tough to be sure that it's reading 0 ohms for real
>> >> >since it's a 1K scale. 4 ohms would move the needle about 1/00th of
>> >> >an inch or so. :-)
>> >>
>> >> CHA CHING!!! Went by AutoZone and their one regulator they had in
>> >> stock was "broken in the box." Not sure how she could look at it and
>> >> tell... Anyway, left there and went to Pep Boys. They wanted $26 for
>> >> a voltage regulator. Left, went to Advance Auto, they had one in
>> >> stock for $9 and change. Came home, swapped it out, fired up Jeep,
>> >> voltage jumped right up to a little over 14 V on the voltmeter gauge
>> >> on the dash just like it did before the trouble started. Thanks to
>> >> everyone who offered me help on this problem. Time to go try out that
>> >> winch now... ;-D
>> >>
>> >> mini rant: WTF is up with parts stores around here?!?!? I'm used to
>> >> buying most of my car parts online for that old VW I worked on so
>> >> much. I might have to start doing that for the Jeep, too. I get sick
>> >> of running around looking for parts for it. Today while I was out, I
>> >> asked all 3 stores if they had a distributor cap or rotor for my Jeep.
>> >> Of the 3 stores, *one* of them had a rotor in stock. So now I have
>> >> plugs and a rotor, still need a cap... maybe within the next few
>> >> weeks one of the stores around here will get a cap in stock. *sigh*
>> >> Or maybe I'll just order a couple of caps and rotors and plugs online
>> >> and put them away for when I need them. The auto parts stores near me
>> >> SUCK-DIDDLY-UCK!!! :-/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Travis
>> >> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> >> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> >> :wq!
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
>


--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:39:08 -0700, "Earle Horton"
<enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> shared the following:

>There isn't much that can go wrong with an alternator. Brushes, bearings,
>diodes, windings, I guess that's about it. A cheap multimeter and a good
>pair or eyes and ears can check all of these.

Well... I started out on the wrong foot by trusting AutoZone when
they said my alternator was bad. After replacing the alternator and
still having the same problem, I read my manual and used my cheap
multimeter my good pair of eyes (courtesy of LASIK) and my
not-so-great ears and from what I read in my manual and observed on my
cheap multimeter, all indications were that the alternator was still
bad. I checked all of the associated wiring closely and it was fine
as far as I could tell. That's when I quit "following the rules" and
just did the obvious. (replace the only part aside from the battery
left in the equation...and I was pretty dang sure it wasn't the
battery since I could let it "rest" and it would recover enough to
restart the Jeep again.) The only thing I think I should have done
differently is to closely inspect the wiring before anything else. In
this case I don't think it would have made a difference.

> A little knowledge saves a
>lot of money.

Fortunately the alternator was only about $40 so it wasn't such a bad
thing this time.

> "Back on the farm" we had to be able to swear up and down
>that an alternator was bad before the boss would OK the trip to town to get
>a rebuilt unit. I could preach to you some more if you would like...
>
>Earle
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:acrqqv0vmim49u5eeikbddu6rsasqhi0c0@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:20:49 -0500, "Nelson"
>> <newsgroups@optikadesign.qc.ca> shared the following:
>>
>> >Good to hear, was your original alternator dead also or was it good?
>> >
>> >Nelson
>> >89YJ
>>
>> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
>> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
>> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
>> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
>> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
>> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
>> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
>>
>> >
>> >"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:6teqqvooqf5d5pk32d84iqhk7tjfavt3lo@4ax.com.. .
>> >> On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 12:25:03 -0500, travis
>> >> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> shared the following:
>> >>
>> >> >On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:17:40 GMT, "JimG" <jimg@cj7.com> shared the
>> >> >following:
>> >> >
>> >> >>"hum dinger" fo sho! Be tuff to read 4 ohms with that one...
>alternator
>> >is
>> >> >>probably OK... go get a regulator.
>> >> >>JMHO
>> >> >
>> >> >I just checked and AutoZone has a regulator for $9.89 so I may just do
>> >> >that. Yeah, very tough to be sure that it's reading 0 ohms for real
>> >> >since it's a 1K scale. 4 ohms would move the needle about 1/00th of
>> >> >an inch or so. :-)
>> >>
>> >> CHA CHING!!! Went by AutoZone and their one regulator they had in
>> >> stock was "broken in the box." Not sure how she could look at it and
>> >> tell... Anyway, left there and went to Pep Boys. They wanted $26 for
>> >> a voltage regulator. Left, went to Advance Auto, they had one in
>> >> stock for $9 and change. Came home, swapped it out, fired up Jeep,
>> >> voltage jumped right up to a little over 14 V on the voltmeter gauge
>> >> on the dash just like it did before the trouble started. Thanks to
>> >> everyone who offered me help on this problem. Time to go try out that
>> >> winch now... ;-D
>> >>
>> >> mini rant: WTF is up with parts stores around here?!?!? I'm used to
>> >> buying most of my car parts online for that old VW I worked on so
>> >> much. I might have to start doing that for the Jeep, too. I get sick
>> >> of running around looking for parts for it. Today while I was out, I
>> >> asked all 3 stores if they had a distributor cap or rotor for my Jeep.
>> >> Of the 3 stores, *one* of them had a rotor in stock. So now I have
>> >> plugs and a rotor, still need a cap... maybe within the next few
>> >> weeks one of the stores around here will get a cap in stock. *sigh*
>> >> Or maybe I'll just order a couple of caps and rotors and plugs online
>> >> and put them away for when I need them. The auto parts stores near me
>> >> SUCK-DIDDLY-UCK!!! :-/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Travis
>> >> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> >> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> >> :wq!
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
>


--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

Many times I have found two of the three main charging system
components, the Battery, regulator, or alternator to go bad at the same
time. Of course now we have to buy the two.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

travis wrote:
>
> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

Many times I have found two of the three main charging system
components, the Battery, regulator, or alternator to go bad at the same
time. Of course now we have to buy the two.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

travis wrote:
>
> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

Many times I have found two of the three main charging system
components, the Battery, regulator, or alternator to go bad at the same
time. Of course now we have to buy the two.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

travis wrote:
>
> I suspect it was good, but have no way of telling now since I traded
> it in as a core on the replacement. :-/ If I have a similar problem
> in the future then I guess I'll buy a voltage regulator first and if
> that doesn't solve the problem then I'll return it or keep it for a
> spare and then consider replacing the alternator. Or... I'll just
> not turn in my old alternator to get the core fee refunded until I'm
> sure that replacing the alternator fixes the problem.
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

I would have believed them, it's a simple test, just charge the
field and you get fourteen volts. You were probably standing right
beside them to watch their meters.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

travis wrote:
>
> Well... I started out on the wrong foot by trusting AutoZone when
> they said my alternator was bad. After replacing the alternator and
> still having the same problem, I read my manual and used my cheap
> multimeter my good pair of eyes (courtesy of LASIK) and my
> not-so-great ears and from what I read in my manual and observed on my
> cheap multimeter, all indications were that the alternator was still
> bad. I checked all of the associated wiring closely and it was fine
> as far as I could tell. That's when I quit "following the rules" and
> just did the obvious. (replace the only part aside from the battery
> left in the equation...and I was pretty dang sure it wasn't the
> battery since I could let it "rest" and it would recover enough to
> restart the Jeep again.) The only thing I think I should have done
> differently is to closely inspect the wiring before anything else. In
> this case I don't think it would have made a difference.
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

I would have believed them, it's a simple test, just charge the
field and you get fourteen volts. You were probably standing right
beside them to watch their meters.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

travis wrote:
>
> Well... I started out on the wrong foot by trusting AutoZone when
> they said my alternator was bad. After replacing the alternator and
> still having the same problem, I read my manual and used my cheap
> multimeter my good pair of eyes (courtesy of LASIK) and my
> not-so-great ears and from what I read in my manual and observed on my
> cheap multimeter, all indications were that the alternator was still
> bad. I checked all of the associated wiring closely and it was fine
> as far as I could tell. That's when I quit "following the rules" and
> just did the obvious. (replace the only part aside from the battery
> left in the equation...and I was pretty dang sure it wasn't the
> battery since I could let it "rest" and it would recover enough to
> restart the Jeep again.) The only thing I think I should have done
> differently is to closely inspect the wiring before anything else. In
> this case I don't think it would have made a difference.
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!