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Alternator very hot to the touch 700

posted by  someone claiming to be John on  Sun Aug 19 11:16 CST 2018 [RELATED]

First i would like to thank everyone for their replies!
I went to the junkyard today and picked up an alternator, installed it and everything is well again! The old one i had was putting out 10.5V of charge, i should have changed the regulator and brushes instead of buying a re manufactured Ultima alternator, big mistake!
The battery in my car is brand new two weeks old regular type. I forgot to mention even without connecting any electric wires for the Ultima alternator,they used to get very hot in a couple of minutes with engine running.I guess they had internal problems.
Talked with the folks at O'reilly today, they refuse to admit that the fault is within the alternator,telling me either i have an electric problem or i did not install the alternator right!
I hope this helps someone in the future.
Thank you again for your replies!

John






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