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Subject:Re: How to check if the Alternator is damaged or broken
From:Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Date:Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:57:24 -0700

robertmstewart wrote:

>Just wondering if there is a simple way of knowing if the alternator is
>dying or needs replacement?
>

On mine the first symptom was the van playing dead along I-40 near Moriarty New Mexico.  I had unknowingly been driving on the battery all day.  Limped back to Alber-q-q using the aux battery and picked up a new alternator.  Installed it in the auto parts store parking lot and drove off.

That dern light never did come on.

Geo Hahn

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