Hey whats good.

I have a 1984 CHRY Fifth Ave.

The other night, the battery light came on, the car died. I jumped it with a monte carlo and drove it most of the way home, then it died again.
I jumped it again with a ford pick up, and it started after some trouble.
I got it home, and it looks like I'm going to charge the battery (only $10 :) )provided its not fried...and changed the alternator.

MY QUESTION
If the battery isn't shot and it can take a charge, is it likely the car will die again with a new alternator once its back in the car?



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CHRIS HARVARD

With your battery, it may or may not be okay.
When these batteries are fully discharged, the lead plates can pick up a coating of sulpher from the electrolyte fluid. This coating decreases their ability to produce an electrical current by up to 10%. So if your battery was nearly new, you should be okay, you won't notice the 10% loss, but if it was pretty old then it might not be up to the task now.

if the battery will take a charge and the alt is good you will be fine

Hey man, I understand what you're talking about. I just bought a '88 fifth ave. off of a guy and I have only had problems. I'm having the same problems, I replaced the battery, alt, voltage regulator, and the pos. and neg. battery terminals and lines. I have even gone through the wiring with an ohm's tester thinking it was maybe a short. I don't want to stick to much money into it, so I have bought three used brain boxes for it, but to no avail. I'm still having problems after all that so I have no clue but maybe this will give you a start on other possibilities. If you figure it out i'd like to know. I have gone three days with a brand new battery until it died on me with out a charge.