OK, I think that everyone has missed the obvious first place to look when
there is a suspicion that something is wrong at the alternator end - and
that is the regulator/brush assembly. Unless the bearings on the alternator
are shot, rarely is there something wrong with the alternator that a simple
replacement of the regulator won't fix. Rusty sells them, it takes about 2
minutes to change out!
Werner
(also with 22 years of military electronics, and more before and since....)
----- Original Message -----
From: "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Red dash light for Battery is staying on
1975 to retirement in 1995, my military specialty/job was in electronics
/
elec engineering / computers.
Therefore ipso facto I am clueless as to how electrons are made and what
makes them stop. I think that is called sarcasm, Kleb.
In other words, I'd still first look for a slipping belt before buying a
new
alternator, because that was a problem I had last winter: belt loose,
alternator doesn't turn right, battery doesn't charge, you can't start
suddenly.
On 12/5/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
huh?
LT Don wrote:
> Ok. I shall disregard my military specialty in electronics. I am sure
you
> guys are correct.
>
>
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
