At 05:06 PM 10/21/2003, you wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Bill Marshall wrote:
>
> > Baloney.  My ancient '85 alternator began charging right away, no revving
> > involved.

Some do and some don't. The thing to remember is, if you blip the throttle
and it starts charging, it is not an indication that you have to start
spending TIME/MONEY fixing a problem. It's normal, drive on and have no
worries.