Hello all,
After cruising around tonight, looking for car shows, ( and finding none), I
decided to motor out to my old high school, just for the drive. It was a
calm, clear night, the kind where you can look up and see the stars unless
the top is up or you're under a bank of trees.
Suddenly, my alternator idiot light reared it's ugly head. The last time it
said 'hi' to me was over spring break, in a snowstorm. Mercifully, it shut
off then and hadn't shown up until tonight.
I thought it might have been a loose wire or whatnot, but no luck. The wires
and belts are tight, and there is no sign of a short between the light and
the alternator.
No biggie, the alternator's a lifetime warranty model from a local parts
warehouse. By Wednesday I ought to be running again. However, one thing
struck me as odd: I bought this alternator in August. It didn't even live a
year, only about 6,500 miles.
Has anyone else experienced a crappy alternator life, especially when buying
a "factory rebuilt" model?
Just wondering/venting...Actually, just wondering how my MGB never *knock
wood* leaves me stranded. Like cats, they are; they seem to *sense* that
kind of thing!
Mike Lishego
1974 MGB (with one dead 1998 alternator)
1986 Plymouth Turismo (Undergoing an engine swap of monsterous proportions)
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