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From: bcbell@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: battery/generator probs.
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 09:30:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 09:30:00 1985
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Nf-From: inmet!bcbell    Oct 16 09:30:00 1985


** Dead battery line **

If you bring the car back to the repair place again, they'll tell you,
"needs a new generator" which would be my guess, too.  There are only
four active components in the system: the battery, voltage regulator,
(both new) starter, (works O.K. when the battery has a charge) and the
generator.  But you shouldn't limit your troubleshooting to just the
active components, especially on a 22 year old car that's spent some
time in New England.  The problem is just as likely to be a corroded
connection or bad wire as anything else.  Keep in mind that tracking
down bad wires and corroded terminals is a time-consuming process-
this is why it's never high on a dealer's priority list.
Good luck.  Sorry I don't know of any old Ford fixers around.

R.M. Mottola
Cyborg Corp.
Newton, MA.

(Posted for me by a friend)