In a message dated 5/4/03 2:45:09 AM, Zcoop1@AOL.COM writes:

<< Any suggestions? >>

Coop, my man, here is one unlikely possibility.  It is so unlikely that it
once happened to me.  On a hundred mile trip, my alternator stopped charging.
 When I checked the charging system the next day, I found nothing out of
sorts.  While driving around town most of the day, the charging system worked
fine.  Still, I knew that these things do not cure themselves, so I opened up
the alternator.  I found that the brushes were worn to the point that they
barely contacted the slip rings.  I assumed that when the alternator was
thoroughly heat soaked from a good high speed run, the alternator case
expanded just enough to cause the brushes to contact the slip rings with
inadequate pressure.

As with most things, a bench test proves very little.  My suggestion would be
to pull the alternator again and replace the brushes and bearings.

George