On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:16:43 -0500, the infamous "Karl Townsend"
scrawled the following:

I narrowed the problem down to my alternator. Drain of .2 amp.

That'll drain a battery in no time.


So, I tried to remove the alternator a got into A REAL MESS. the bottom bolt
is rusted on. Put a 3/8 x 9/16 socket on it and couldn't budge it. Put a
1/2x9/16 socket on it with my S-K Wayne ratchet and couldn't budge it.
Bounced on it, the wrench came loose along with a bunch of knuckle blood.
Put a cheater on a 9/16 impact 6 point socket - the socket spit in two
parts - never seen that before. Took the radiator out and put my impact
wrench on it, still no joy. I said something like mother f%^& cock %^*&( and
called it a day.

Soak it overnight with Kroil and try -tightening- it first, then
loosening it tomorrow. Sometimes it loosens easier the wrong way.

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I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life
which are the real ones after all. --Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)