zoboherald@aol.com wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> Drew wrote: Thanks Andy and Michael for the reassurance.... It's
> amazing how little electricity these cars use--I don't think my modern
> Hyundai would make it down the driveway without its alternator!
>
> And Andy Mace replied:
> Drew, I can certainly testify to that. In 1998, I was on my way across
> Wisconsin in my 1991 Ford Explorer, headed for the VTR Convention (ok,
> I know, but I didn't have a running, road-legal Triumph at the time).
> The alternator failed, which I didn't really confirm until I went to
> flash my headlights; doing so took enough power to cut the ignition,
> and it almost literally felt as if I'd hit something! Weird. So long
> as it stayed running and NO accessories of any kind were in use, I was
> ok long enough to get to the nearest Ford dealer.
Kid stuff! I once drove home from Broomfield, CO to Littleton, CO --
about an hour -- with a failed alternator and completely dead battery.
The car was a 1976 ... any guesses?
Steven Newell
Littleton, CO USA
various old cars
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