Replaced Alternator
August 05 2009
Posted in Drivetrain
I think the alternator went out on the Nova. It was only showing 12 volts at idle and the car didn’t have enough juice to even run the radio unless the RPMs were way up. I found an alternator at O’Reilly’s and put it in. However, the positive post on my old alternator was longer than the new one. Had to take the alternator to an alternator repair shop and have them swap the posts out. So now it fits and everything works. Got it hooked back up to the car and it’s showing 13 volts at idle. Still need to work on it, but seems like the alternator was part of the issue.
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