Originally Posted by
GraphiteGhost
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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Thanks for the concern
I actually was afraid of just that at first. We replaced the belt just about 6 months ago but I was afraid it might have somehow came loose. But nope, belt is there (and under tension) and it isn't soaked in oil. I'm thinking it can only be the alternator from here on out.
I'll go back down this morning cause it was dark already every day after I came home from work.
I even think I can make out a "clunking" sound coming from the alternator pulley. The screws aren't loose (neither in my head nor the pulley) so I'm thinking the darn thing stopped working!!