OK. Here is the final prognosis. The battery was bad, replaced it with a new battery from Oreilly. The new battery turned out to be bad as well. The alternator was on its way out as the battery was...
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OK. Here is the final prognosis. The battery was bad, replaced it with a new battery from Oreilly. The new battery turned out to be bad as well. The alternator was on its way out as the battery was...
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Problem still not resolved. I removed the alternator and took it to a reputable alt shop, he went inside the unit and determined that the brushes were bad, repaired for $40, tested at over...
I assume so. They used a device that puts a load on the alt. He did say that it had a "big ripple" meaning variation in voltage.
Well ol Red decided to act up again, as soon as the weather warmed up. So Im hoping the charging issue is resolved and I start to head over to the auto parts store to have the alt tested again. When...
OK,sorry, i guess I posted this in the wrong section earlier. Here we go again.
My 97 has a charging issue. The 6 year old optima went bad (i think) so I replace it and also replaced the battery...
My 97 has a charging issue. The 6 year old optima went bad (i think) so I replace it and also replaced the battery tray so I could go with a 34 group battery. Drove it around, everything seems great....