Rick. Maybe rust has formed between rotor and stator? Disassemble and clean. Worked for me, on an Honda. Fred.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 4:53 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Trade it in for a rebuilt alternator and be done with it --- > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 2:17 PM Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon > via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > So the 2004 Dodge Benz Sprinter space hauler has been sitting for about > > two months With the windshield removed while I address the unsealed > > windshield and the associated Pennsylvania rust. Battery was dead .... > so > > I charged it. I started it just now and I heard a screech and saw some > > smoking under the hood ... I figured some idler was noisy .... WRONG. The > > serpentine belt was tossed off. On checking I see the alternator is > frozen > > solid. Can’t even move it with a pipe wrench on the sort of hub back of > the > > grooved pulley. Ideas? Odd that the bearings would seize on sitting in > the > > delicious salt air for two months > > > > Ideas! > > > > Xx rick > > 72 on tybee island today > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
