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Originally Posted by 94HeavyChevy
never really notice lights dimming.
car starts up fine when cold (sitting over night) but after driving then restarting battery charges very slow. battery seems weak(lots of battery bounce when rolling up windows, hitting the brake to shift into gear, turning light on, etc). if i leave car for 3 days the battery will die. i got the alternator tested because a few people told me sometimes they can stay on while the car is off causing the battery to die.
i am definetly going to get a new one. any specific brand i should get i have seen a few different ones.
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with those issues I would say they did correctly get the shorted diodes as the problem.
I got a dephi lifetime warrantee alternator at autozone. about 125.00 approx ..
when you replace this alternator put the battery on the charger.don't want a new alternator to put out max current before running for a time ...seating the alt brushes on break in is important for a long life.