Originally Posted by
nickwe21
Thank you for the detailed write-up. It helped out a lot. So after looking everything over and testing the different parts the battery seems to be fine but the alternator isn't charging the battery. As a matter of fact under load the voltage dropped to below 9 Volts once I started the engine.
I saw the part is only a little over $100 but I'm sure at the repair shop it will cost a lot more. Do you have an estimate of how much I should be paying there?
If I decide to replace the alternator myself, do you have a write-up by any chance on what needs to be done How difficult is the repair?
Thanks again for your help and have a nice day,
Nick
The first thing I thought was you may have thrown a belt. Now I know everyone knows an alternator would not work unless a belt is installed, and that the belt missing to most would be very easy to see. I also know that sometimes, just sometimes, something so obvious gets looked over repeatedly. So for the sake of the obvious being sometimes looked over (or glossed over), the belt is there, right?
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