[s-cars] Alternator Issues

[Theodore Chen]

yes, it definitely could.  the car will run fine until the battery voltage
drops.  same thing happened to me.  car was running fine as i approached
a bridge, and then warning lights went on as i drove across the bridge.  i
turned off wipers, headlights, radio, etc. and barely made it across before
the car stopped running.

my brushes looked just like yours.  i got a replacement voltage regulator
assembly from NAPA and everything is fine now.

the replacement didn't look much like the original part, but the critical
dimensions were all the same, and it was $35 and available immediately.

-teddy

--- everett2487 at adelphia.net wrote:

> Hey guys,
> Recently I made the long drive from Maine back to school in Virginia and the
> s-machine was great.  However a few days after I got back I went on a beer
> run, only the second time I drove it since getting here, and couldn't even
> make it to the store before the car was about to shut off, lights severly
> dimmed, car was sputtering.  So I am thinking its the alternator.  
> I read the recent alternator woes posts and am hoping that my problem will be
> similar to Matt's, since I dont want to be spending all my beer money on
> fixing my alternator.  I removed the brush assembly and found that one of the
> brushes was past the wear mark:
> http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1785/dscn0551adz2.jpg
> http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6796/dscn0550ake3.jpg
> Could this cause the car to go from running fine to almost dieing in a 10
> minute trip or do I have another problem?  Is there a way to test if the
> problem is the brushes, or the regulator, or just the alternator itself?  
> Thanks a lot,
> Chuck
> '93 S4
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