Bob:
Take your alternator to a local alternator rebuilding service
(In the yellow pages under "alternators"). They will test it for free
and rebuild it for you. I had my Lucas starter rebuilt for $120 by ABE
(Auto Battery and Electric) in Hillsboro OR. They were the first place I
called, and they said "Lucas? No problem." They tested my alternator for
free and pronounced it perfect. When they do a rebuild they put in new
brushes, bearings, and whatever else is needed, so that you won't be
back in 2 months with a bad bearing. After all, the parts in our cars
are over 30 years old and very tired.... Kinda like me =:-o
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Robert McBride
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:21 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: 10.5 milliamp drain on battery
As I'm getting closer to getting my 76 on the road again, I need to
tackle the
10.5 milliamp drain on the battery that drops down to 1.6 milliamp if I
pull
the single wire off the alternator and goes to 0.0 when I also pull off
the 3
wire plug.... Sounds like a bad diode right??? Anyone have any luck
finding
spares and replacing them??? Bob
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