Re: Alternator: which and how?

Posted by PackardV8 On 2011/5/26 23:23:17

Also note that somewhere after about 1985 the INTERNAL regulator of the FACTORY GM alternators was changed in someway. THe change made them more vulnerable to short service life IF REPEATEDLY HIT with a low charge battery.

That is, since we are dealing with an electrical system that quite often mite set idle for weeks at a time then the battery could become significantly discharged often enuf so as to require the alternator to hit it real hard to recharge it. But then again, about $75 to rebuild the GM alternator mite not be considered all that bad.