[DeTomaso] Alternator Options

[Charles McCall]

OK, so for the record and in case anyone isn't familiar with your car way
back then, the root of the problem was not caused by your a stock
alternator. Your problem was that your battery had about 17 seconds of
autonomy, and as a result your car was running off your alternator as
opposed to off your battery under low charge situations. Installing a new
battery would most likely have permitted your car to continue to run at
stoplights and charge while driving, more or less as designed. Right? 

 

Charles McCall

1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375

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De: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Enviado el: domingo, 28 de noviembre de 2010 17:15
Para: charlesmccall at gmail.com; doug351c at gmail.com; jskeane6 at gmail.com
CC: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Alternator Options

 


In a message dated 11/28/10 2 59 7, charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:





And I question your statement about running your battery dead in a matter of
minutes at a red light. Either your battery is completely toast or I don't
see that situation happening.



I mentioned that my battery *was* completely toast.  The starter sucked too.
Remember, my Pantera was a total POS when I bought it!

In fact, once it warmed up, I could never just shut the engine off and
restart it; the starter would just chug.  I had to let it cool down 10-15
minutes before it would grind back to life.  But I did experience the car
dying at a red light due to the battery drain, so after that I developed a
technique where every time I came to a red light at night, I would run
through the cabin, turning off the stereo, shutting off the A/C, etc. to
reduce the electrical loading.  I just couldn't bear the idea of sitting
there with my foot on the gas, revving the engine to keep the ammeter on the
positive side.

To reiterate--my car was a POS! :>)

Mike