Thanks for the confirmation. If it was the same yard I'm thinking of, within earshot of I-70, I know the scene. I was victim to my own magpie behavior, grabbing a shiny alt from a 740, where the grabbing only takes 5 minutes, only to buy myself another shoddy spray-and-pray rebuild with a stator short when hot. Went back to pull another with a Bosch rebuild sticker, not so shiny.

I've been reluctant to carry parts in our cars, but I have to admit, the majority of times a 240 has gone down on the road, it has been due to the alternator, and the overwhelming majority of those events were fixed with new brushes. A regulator assembly and a sturdy Phillips screwdriver would have saved a lot of running around, in several cases.

And yes, I know the feeling when the radio is the first indicator of charging system failure. And limping home with lights off and using the p-brake to avoid the drain of the brake lights.

BTW, of interest to you I think, I just caught wind of the idea our round sealed beam headlamps are no longer $3 at Walmart, but around $30 each?
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Art Benstein near Baltimore

Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.