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Re: How long run if car not charging at all?

To: steven@newellboys.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: How long run if car not charging at all?
From: ZinkZ10C@aol.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:26:31 EDT
In a message dated 10/20/05 3:28:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
steven@newellboys.com writes:

<< 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? >>


76 Mercedes  

Why?  Because it was a diesel and had a manual fuel shutoff rather than the 
electric solenoid the similar year VW Rabbit used.

Harold


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