[DML] Re: Reply : Driving with No alternator

["welmoedj" <joe.dalton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm puzzled.... why not just ship the alternator?
Will be the cheapest and safest way.
Unless... you're not able to take it off the car and re-install it when 
the replacement arrives?

Welmoed.


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "daviddlasvegas" <daviddlasvegas@...> 
wrote:
>
> I probably could change the alternator myself...BUT...the altenrator 
> is new. It blew after 5 weeks and is warrantied. The garage will 
> replace it for free, but I have to get it there. So my options to get 
> my car to the garage are:
> 
> 1. Drive it the 280 miles with no alternator and hope I make it.
> 2. Have it shipped and pay a trucker $400.
> 3. Tow it myself with a U-Haul for $200 and travel 45mph getting 5mpg.
>




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