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So novices like me - there's a reason the advice you get is often very basic. Sometimes you have to do some extra research to figure out what short statements like 'check grounds' truly involve. (But if this alternator dies in short order I hope you guys will finally admit to the known manufacturing defect in the dopwaggle.) Thanks all.


Whenever I get stumped, I usually find that it's something I already "checked", or something I assumed was fine. I have to remind myself that I still miss stuff and screw stuff up (rarely, my ego interjects). A wise old mechanic who taught me a whole lot once said, "90 percent of all auto problems are electrical - the other 10 percent are mechanic errors..." He was a drunk, but a wise drunk...

Not responsible for advice not taken...