If your battery has not gone dead I would not replace it.

"Smitty" > wrote in message
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: I took my 96 grand Cherokee in for a water pump replacement. The shop
: said that I also had a bad alternator. It worked fine in our -20 temps
: here in MN and the warning light has never come on. Do you think it
: could be bad?
: Thanks
: Smitty