On the way to the motel after Miami Subs I looked at my alternator gauge and it was on 8 . My lights started dimming and I was almost to hotel and had to turn them off and drive . Still just barely made it . Woke uo Sunday morning and had enough battery power to start car so I tried to make it to PepBoys and onkly made it a few miles and got stuck on 57 North . Had to call a tow truck and wait and it started pouring . Tow truck took me to PepBoys and tow truck driver got me some tools from his shop and when he came back I was changing the alternator and it was pouring . Got soaked even inside my shoes . Then the car did same thing . So I took the car to PepBoys garage . They said the new alternator was bad . So thay put a new one in . Same problem ! Finally found a bad spot in the ground wire . Was stuck a total of 6or 7 hours . The worst thing is I was close to Denny's but didn't know his last name to call him . Anyway after that made it home fine . Hope nobody tops that story .
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Man what really sucks is that i had a brand new alt. in my car in case i needed it on the way to or from the show.... i tested the alt. at work two days before the show
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Originally posted by 91RedRagtop
On the way to the motel after Miami Subs I looked at my alternator gauge and it was on 8 . My lights started dimming and I was almost to hotel and had to turn them off and drive . Still just barely made it . Woke uo Sunday morning and had enough battery power to start car so I tried to make it to PepBoys and onkly made it a few miles and got stuck on 57 North . Had to call a tow truck and wait and it started pouring . Tow truck took me to PepBoys and tow truck driver got me some tools from his shop and when he came back I was changing the alternator and it was pouring . Got soaked even inside my shoes . Then the car did same thing . So I took the car to PepBoys garage . They said the new alternator was bad . So thay put a new one in . Same problem ! Finally found a bad spot in the ground wire . Was stuck a total of 6or 7 hours . The worst thing is I was close to Denny's but didn't know his last name to call him . Anyway after that made it home fine . Hope nobody tops that story .
Originally posted by 91RedRagtop
On the way to the motel after Miami Subs I looked at my alternator gauge and it was on 8 . My lights started dimming and I was almost to hotel and had to turn them off and drive . Still just barely made it . Woke uo Sunday morning and had enough battery power to start car so I tried to make it to PepBoys and onkly made it a few miles and got stuck on 57 North . Had to call a tow truck and wait and it started pouring . Tow truck took me to PepBoys and tow truck driver got me some tools from his shop and when he came back I was changing the alternator and it was pouring . Got soaked even inside my shoes . Then the car did same thing . So I took the car to PepBoys garage . They said the new alternator was bad . So thay put a new one in . Same problem ! Finally found a bad spot in the ground wire . Was stuck a total of 6or 7 hours . The worst thing is I was close to Denny's but didn't know his last name to call him . Anyway after that made it home fine . Hope nobody tops that story .
Man what really sucks is that i had a brand new alt. in my car in case i needed it on the way to or from the show.... i tested the alt. at work two days before the show
Yeah and all the people I met and talked to and I didn't get anyones phone number. That will never happen again.
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Yeah that sounds pretty bad. We got to find a way to get everyones cell number and name for next year, especially for the out of town people.
dang dude sorry to hear that. Next time be sure and caravan with us back.
There's no way I would go by myself for just suck reasons.
There's no way I would go by myself for just suck reasons.
sorry to hear that sucks. I heard you say you have an edelbrock cat back exhaust and headers right. what cat are you using and what cam? love the way your bird sounds.
sorry to hear that buddy..
i'm sure it does suck.
lucky for me..i kept the jumper pack with me if any kinda of situation would occur...of couse that's borrowed from the shop.
perhaps a good idea to keep in mind
they're not that expensive but they sure help on battery situations
i'm sure it does suck.
lucky for me..i kept the jumper pack with me if any kinda of situation would occur...of couse that's borrowed from the shop.
perhaps a good idea to keep in mind
they're not that expensive but they sure help on battery situations
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Im the dumbass who called Dennys house 4 times for directions. I could find Illinois but it was all uphill from there. I finally flagged down a towtruck driver who led me to Dennys road and got us there. He was HUGE and had more ink than a stack of newspapers. He took time out of his day to make a few phone calls and drove us about 20 miles to Dennys road. Maybe he was bored but I needed help. He even had a Hyundai excel on the rollback that was going to some shop for service. Big props to the friendliness of the locals up there.
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wow i could be lost in a town around here and i can't even get peopleto role down there windows for me.Maybe he liked u lol


