Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:38:24 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: New to saab, sucks so far.
"Gemini Jackson" <geminijacksonnospamail.com> wrote in message news:b719e0t6fi74bdua8ocrpbf5uad6oq4js5nospamcom... > >"How to ask questions the smart way" - > >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqa/smart-questions.html > > Dead link. > > > > > >Among other things, gives examples of what does, and doesn't work. > >Hopefully you'll read it instead of taking this suggestion as a slam > >of some sort. > > No slam taken. Here's this mornings update. I put everything I'd > taken off back on, (belt, air filter, wire to alternator) and charged > the battery all night on a slow charge. This morning it was sitting > at about 13.5v. Cranked 'er up, it dropped and held at 12.3v. But it > did seem to be holding. The whole time the battery indicator on the > dash was displayed. I've been open to it all along, but I am starting > to think that you're all possibly correct, that perhaps it is > something other than the alternator. But at the moment I'm at a loss. > > Sounds exactly like my brother's Volvo did when the voltage regulator died.