On cars with mechanical fuel pump can drive surprising distance using battery alone (100+ miles). Of course no headlights. Wonder if you could drive from Autozone to Autozone, swapping batteries under warranty replacement, until home... Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Shannon Yocom <ssdelorean@xxxx> wrote: > Rich, > I'm alternatorless because I let James LaLonde take the one off my car so he > could drive home last weekend. He came down to help me and some other D owners > and ended up having problems with his car on the way here. > > I mentioned it to tease him because this week has been extremly nice and I can't > drive :-) A replacement is on the way. Thanks for the info! > > Hey James, > If your not returning you old Alt for the $30 core charge you may want to look > into having it re-built & keep as a spare. > > Shannon Y > 16506 soon not to be alternator-less ;-) > > --------------- > > Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:54:57 -0000 > From: "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> > Subject: Re: Shortend/Clickable URLs -- Strickland Friendly > > Shannon, > > Why are you still "alternator-less"? > > Are you in the U.S.? Dissatisfied with the stock model, and not sure > what to get for a replacement? Don't have the cash? > > I ask, because I had this problem and I took a route that seems > obvious to me, but one that I don't hear D owners take advantage of > very much. I'm on a budget here. > > At the time, I was unaware that the stock alternator doesn't carry > the load very well. I just took mine to an auto-electrical repair > shop and had it rebuilt for less than half the cost of a new one. It > would have been even less but mine was a rusted, seized up > paperweight so it took the guy extra labor. > > That was exactly one year ago, and even under load (lights, cooling > fans and blower on) mine doesn't drop more than one volt. > > Surely there's an auto electrical repair shop near you? > > Hope this helps, > > Rich > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595055/R=0/SIG=124j83ehr/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3707890&yhad=1595055> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595055/rand=337940107> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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