thnak you, my husband removed the alternator and took down to napa to check. it is bad, we need to get a new one. valeo 439298 any other suggestions?
Can a Bosch or db ab00224 work. we need to get one soon.

also, thank you for the rcm info -- i resoldered(added solder) two of the three joints, although they looked pretty good. we'll see what happens.

i am still confused about starting a thread vs post