What Brand Alternator?

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Re: What Brand Alternator? [Re: unlucky68] #1409222 03/26/13 12:24 PM 03/26/13 12:24 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: I believe the bearing on my alternator is shot This is for a cruiser 318 car and pretty basic. Hows it acting? sometimes an electrical fault can cause a high pitched squeal that can be mistaken for a bad bearing. If that's what's going on pull a field wire & if it gets quiet than it's an electrical issue. If not you might open it up & check/grease the end bearings. On a new one I'd just get a 78 amp unit for an 85 M body I believe. Not sure what all you've done to your wiring but I would clean ALL connections/terminals & do Nacho's 2 wire bulkhead parallel bypass (simple/easy/effective) live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

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