[Supras] dead alternator?

[Sean Cavanaugh]

battery was just bought in january. Optima yellow top. and yes that was with 
engine running. it seems i've been running the car for the past 3 days 
entirely off the battery (god i love yellow tops) it finally caught up last 
night. the LED lights i replaced in the dash were diming every time i hit 
the brakes.

its the original alternator from an abused car so i'm going to just replace 
it with a new/remaned unit. the pully was a little beat up anyway.

-Sean


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hachiroku" <hachiroku_ae86 at verizon.net>
To: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000 at hotmail.com>; <supras at supras.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Supras] dead alternator?


> How old is the battery? Also, you don't mention, was that with the engine 
> running? Even so, a bad battery will suck down voltage trying to recharge 
> itself.
>
> The other thing that may be happening here is the alternator brushes may 
> be wearing out. If you can get the thing off the car, this is a pretty 
> easy repair; some are soldered but a lot of them are held in with screws. 
> The only real biotch is getting the damn thing back together. You have to 
> hold the rotor with one hand, hold the brushes with the other hand, and 
> slide the thing back together with your other hand!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000 at hotmail.com>
> To: <supras at supras.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:00 PM
> Subject: [Supras] dead alternator?
>
>
>> my car was reading a nice healthy 14volts when i went to work. when i got 
>> to my car after work it was reading 12volt even. is there anything other 
>> than a dead alternator that could cause this? i already checked the 
>> connections and the belt.
>>
>> -Sean
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