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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 > > -- > Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice... |
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You only add electrolyte when the battery is a dry battery. Most auto
batteries are delivered wet. If youneed to add fluid you go to the store and buy a jug of distilled water to top off. http://www.trojan-battery.com/custom...erymaint5.html wrote: >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 >> >> -- >> Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice... Jim B. |
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