[V8] Drove Through Snow, now alt=kaput? Belt is still on!

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Rob,

About to reattach the access belt on my V8 --second time and second car I've
done this with -- there is a good reason for that belly pan in tis kind of
weather ;-)

Anyhow, once things have warmed up, you may well find your alt working
again.  For some reason they don't like to have snow packed into them...
I've had this happen on a few occasions.

Ingo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <robert_a_dupree at bankone.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 9:54 PM
Subject: [V8] Drove Through Snow, now alt=kaput? Belt is still on!


> So I'm in Chicago.
> We got a teeny-tiny bit of snow (14").
> Driving the V8 through the unplowed alley this AM the no-charging
> (Alt/Batt) symbol came up and volts on the AC-head showed 12.2 and
> dropping.
> Then all of a sudden it started working so I kept driving.
>
> More snow fell.
>
> The alley was a bit deeper *cough* when I banzai'd down it to get to my
> garage.
> After pretty much getting stuck and working it back-unstuck I now have the
> no-charging indicator again.
>
> I did a quick under-car check and the belt appears to still be there.
> No belly-pan on the car, I've asked QShipQ for one from his inventory.
>
> Should I pop under there an expect to see a disloged blue wire?
> Busted something else?
> Voltage reg that needs some love?
>
> Or just a bad f'ing alt?
>
> Please CC: rob at flyinghead.com so I can check from my home account on any
> replies.
>
> THANKS!
>
> Robert A. Dupree
>       Investment Bank Technology, Chicago - MarketData & ECN Project Team
>       JPMorganChase & Co.
>          312-325-3587 desk
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