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Re: “There are LOTS of them that show the insides of altrnators and how to fix most common problems. Including the brushes...�

I'm watching one of the videos now and trying to follow along:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhgyqm0wro

Unfortunately, one of the first things it says, at the 1'02" mark, is to put my multimeter into "diode" mode:

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Nuts! What the #*^%! is that? My little voltmeter, cheap piece of 25-year-old junk that it undoubtedly is, doesn't have one.

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I'm a packrat, though, and being a packrat does have its advantages. I hunted around and not only found another multimeter (bought at a garage sale for $2 not so long ago), it's better than the one I've been using. And it DOES have the setting I need.

So the alternator testing goes on.

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Re: Garage Sale Alternator - Part 2 of 2 Cap'n
By: micro
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Fri, 21 Sep 18 5:27 PM
Msg. 08263 of 62138

Have you personally EVER taken one apart and gone through one?

With your ability to take apart and repair the mechanicals under the hoods of cars I would have thought that might be something you actually had first hand knowledge of..

Glad you looked online at a video. There are LOTS of them that show the insides of altrnators and how to fix most common problems. Including the brushes...


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