In a message dated 6/25/98 11:06:41 AM EST, Douglas_M_BENSEN@UMAIL.UMD.EDU
writes:

<< My question.  Does the famous blue wire have anything to do with this?  I
 have a spare alternator with me, doesn't everyone, which I can install, but
if
 it is just a wire I would rather just fix that.
 Any information would be greatly appreciated. >>

Doug,

        Could be the heat killed your battery.  It did mine down here in middle
Georgia.  Just a hunch ...get it charged and checked out.

Scott De Santi