Well, I did something with the alternator tonight. I went with the
easy route. I replaced my 65 amp unit with a rebuilt 65 amp unit. My
dash amp guage still reads a little over 13V and dips heavily with loud
music on account of the new audio components. But it does sound better
at high volume than before. I added some fluids to my battery that
seem to help it give at least some starting power. The said fluids are
left over fluids from a new motorcycle battery. That is, when I bought
a motorcycle battery a while ago, I had to fill it with a battery acid
solution, but was left with more than necessary. I put some of this
extra in my car battery. Adding this seemed to help the battery, but
the climate is warm now; it is about 10 degrees above freezing here in
southern Minnesota. I might know if my battery is up to the cold in a
week.

Peter Parker wrote:
> In article .com>,
> > wrote:
> >What vehicle should I best be getting the alternator from? And what
> >steps can I expect when retrofitting it into my 82 vw pickup with
AC?
>
> You need to follow this flowchart like so many other people on this
NG.
>
>
http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~siva...-flowchart.jpg
>
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