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Places like Autozone and Kragen will test your alternator for free.
Make use of this great service.
Also, if you don't use your car too often, its a good idea to
disconnect one of the battery connections (the negative is the best
one to do since you won't accidentally cause a short to ground and do
some arc welding as you could with the positive. ALWAYS undo the
negative side first when disconnecting a battery and then do the
reverse (positive first) when connecting back up) if you are not
going to use the car for a while. The other alternative is to buy a
"float" charger to keep the battery topped off but not overcharged
while in storage.
Hugo
At 06:42 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote:
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Hello, Chris, Wayne and Andy! Well, I started at the very basics. I
bought a test light, went to the internet and typed in "how do I use
a test light", went to my car and hooked it up to the battery. When
the light didn't burn I was sure I'd bought a defective light. I
shook it a few times and hooked it up again. It still didn't
burn. After some more shaking, clamping and testing I thought,
"well, maybe the battery is bad". I took it out of the car and
delivered it to our local Sears auto shop where they told me the
battery was bad. (I guess it goes to show you it doesn't matter
whether or not you've charged the battery. A bad battery is a bad
battery.) I haven't installed the new one yet. It's nearly 10pm
here, and my '68 sounds great when it's running. The neighbors may
not appreciate it as much as I do. I'm pretty sure the car will run
after I install the new battery. My next question: why does it
keep going through batteries? This is the third one I've gotten for
it since May 05. Sears is going to stop honoring my warranty. I
think I may still get the chance to use all the great teaching you
sent my way over the past few days. Thanks again! (redfaced) David -----
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