Re: New alternator - No AM radio?

["Matt & Jenai" <matjen@xsite.net>]

On 1/17/98 at 5:26 p.m. Rich wrote:


>Don't see any connection with the alternator change out, but my experience
>with radio reception is that even the smallest break in
>antenna/cable/connector continuity will destroy AM reception but FM will
>"jump" this incontinuity. The only other thing I can think of is the new
>alternator is generating too much RF interference (which happens to also
mess
>up AM reception). Did you try listening to AM with the engine not running?
>That would eliminate at least one possibility.
>Rich


Great suggestion Rich.  Can't believe I didn't think of it myself.  It turns
out that the AM is fine when the car is turned off.  When the engine is
running it is almost all static.  So now the question is - How do I stop the
RF interference.  Are there any commonly used tricks?  Should I just
exchange the alternator?

Matt