Posted: 12/17/2013 4:10:37 AM EDT
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I commute a little over an hour to work. This AM about five miles away from the office I get a "battery not charging" message and a battery idiot light on the dash (99 Cadillac POS with 150k on the odometer). I changed the alternator & battery 2 years ago.
I have 100 miles of AAA towing coverage, should I get this thing out of the parking garage and towed from here (DC) or see how far I can limp it toward home? I'm leaning toward the drive toward home and hope for the best, but don't want to break down in rush hour. |
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I've got it down to where I can swap an alternator under 30 min if I have the tools out already........
there was a whole lotta practice about 6 months ago until I figured out a wire was rotted through (same thing - not charging, alternator was actually fine though) check your wires as well |
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I've got it down to where I can swap an alternator under 30 min if I have the tools out already........ there was a whole lotta practice about 6 months ago until I figured out a wire was rotted through (same thing - not charging, alternator was actually fine though) check your wires as well Unfortunately the north star alt is buried under the intake I think. This may be the last strike for the Caddy. I bought it for 5k a few years ago and it only had 50k on the odo. 100,000 miles later and way too much is going wrong. I guess it has paid for itself, but I have had many more reliable commuters. |
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Unfortunately the north star alt is buried under the intake I think. This may be the last strike for the Caddy. I bought it for 5k a few years ago and it only had 50k on the odo. 100,000 miles later and way too much is going wrong. I guess it has paid for itself, but I have had many more reliable commuters. Mine (4.0 ranger) is under the intake but not too bad - I can just pull the intake out of the way to get to it I have one wire that tells the truck to charge the battery - it runs through the engine block and was rotted out just as it comes out of the block, way down.... I cut it off and re-ran a wire across the top, tied out of they way... it may be that easy |
