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still_walkin 
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Posted: May 19, 2009 at 3:27 PM / IP Logged  
I have a 1986 cadillac deville 4.1 with a 240a alt. and a 800cca 1000c battery. I was working fine till now. Yesterday I attempted to jump a 4.9L engine same car except it was a 93. Couldn't get it jumped. So the car worked fine until I was driving it and when I pressed the gas the no charge telelight came on. So I would not press it and it went off. When I got to my destination I checked the cables all clean and secured and the belt was fine. So as I left to go home my headlights dimmed and my faceplate flickered. So I took the flace plate off and parked it I got it on a tow truck by having a jumper pack on the battery and when I drove it in the garage with no jumper it was fine but when I checked the voltage I got 11 volts. So I changed the alt with a factory 120a with the same battery and it started no problem but the alt. Got warm and started to smoke. What gives, I was told I needed to either change my battery or get my old alternator fixed can you all help me.
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tommy... 
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Posted: May 19, 2009 at 7:43 PM / IP Logged  
How long after you put in stock alternator did it smoke...?
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still_walkin 
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Posted: May 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM / IP Logged  
like 5 min the aftermarket radio was off and the car was just idling. i checked the batties voltage and the alts and they were both 14v. then the alternator was getting hot then it smoked. could the battery have a dead cell causing the alternator to act up and die
1993 sdv
Alpine 4x6 6x9 5 1/4 swr-10d4
alpine v60
12.5 VGA flip down
Nettop pc w/10" touch screen
78nova
5-re audio 5x7 ,10" sub &
Xtx-500.5
"Take the faceplate off get the jumperpack"
still_walkin 
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Joined: April 18, 2007
Location: California, United States
Posted: May 20, 2009 at 2:58 PM / IP Logged  
i went to the shop and the guy told me i had a bad diode and the postive lead should had been bigger. so basically the shop sold me a bootleg half modded alternator. and he was suprised it lasted that long
1993 sdv
Alpine 4x6 6x9 5 1/4 swr-10d4
alpine v60
12.5 VGA flip down
Nettop pc w/10" touch screen
78nova
5-re audio 5x7 ,10" sub &
Xtx-500.5
"Take the faceplate off get the jumperpack"

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