I let all the smoke out!

[Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>]

Damn!

My creaky old '89 100Q lost it's alternator yesterday,
about 10 miles from home. Actually, that's where the battery
finally died and the car stopped.

So today I went over with a fresh battery, started it
and drove it back home on the battery reserves.

The car ran fine the whole time, but when I got home
there was SMOKE coming from under the hood. I thought
I had smoked te alternator or something, but no.

It seems to be something in the drivetrain, right about
where it passes underneath the firewall. There is some
oil dripping, and that may be the cause of the smoke.

It was getting dark, so I couldn't spend much time on it.
Doesn't sound connected to the alternator problem, does it?
What could I have smoked? Busted a final drive seal? Clutch?
Hairy green toads from Mars?

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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
Compaq Computer Corporation		(603)-884-1294
110 Spit Brook Road
M/S ZKO3-3/U14
Nashua, NH    03062-2698

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