Scary stuff
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From: Pasadena Texas
Scary stuff
Coming home at night saturday from a Auto meet, fog rolled in on me and I was on an un-lighted road in a small stretch of country when my altenator failed!!! 
For some reason, I didn't have my roadside kit in the bcak as usual. (probably took it out to work and forgot to put it back...damn this old age)Fortunately the battery got me to a ball park where a tournament was going on...died right when I pulled into a parking space...shewww!!! 
Anyway...she's back up and running...guess I need to start posting a check list in there so I check everything before I leave.
For some reason, I didn't have my roadside kit in the bcak as usual. (probably took it out to work and forgot to put it back...damn this old age)Fortunately the battery got me to a ball park where a tournament was going on...died right when I pulled into a parking space...shewww!!! Anyway...she's back up and running...guess I need to start posting a check list in there so I check everything before I leave.
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From: Bocabec, New Brunswick
How far away was the ball park? Your battery should have been good for quite a distance. Back in 1990 while driving to Florida in our '89 GMC van and pulling a 24 ft trailer the belt came off the alternator (long story on why). It was late Christmas Eve, dark so the headlights were needed but we just kept driving to Fort Wilderness at Disney World, 2 hours away. Made it no problem and there was still enough left in the battery to start the stupid van up on the 26th.
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It gave me about 3 more miles after all my lights dimmed way down. When I took it in to test, it almost caught on fire in the maching. I'm guessing bearings?!?!? Had carbon marks all around the rotor. I'd been suffering from a stuck relay already, so I think it had some help sucking the juice out of the battery.
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From: Shreveport LA
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Two years ago, on the way back from Dallas, the negative wire came off the back of the alternator....didn't know it. It was raining hard, so I had the lights on and wipers going...didn't see the alt gauge go to discharge until I was about 30 miles from Longview (2 hours east of Dallas for all you northern boys).
Ran AT LEAST 30 miles on battery...maybe more!
Anyway, made it to Longview (off the interstate) just as the wipers died. Called a friend, he came out with a new battery, connected the negative wire and I was home in Shreveport an hour later...
Ran AT LEAST 30 miles on battery...maybe more!Anyway, made it to Longview (off the interstate) just as the wipers died. Called a friend, he came out with a new battery, connected the negative wire and I was home in Shreveport an hour later...
