Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:26:46 +0100 From: "Toby Field" <tobyfieldnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Help in Saab DEAD Battery & Alternator...
Why don't you get a tow? Toby Field (UK) '93 9000 CSE 2.3T Auto 149,000 Miles "David Green" <mercmoonnopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:fZkq8.10775$ml2.828569nopsamread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > I seem to have a dead alternator and a dead battery > now because of it. My question is whether if I were to > jump start the car could it make, say, a ten mile trip to > the Saab dealer? I ask because I'm not sure whether > the car creates its own spark from the coil on start up, > or whether it relies on the battery and/or alternator for > this. > > Thanks, > David > >