[DeTomaso] Alternator blues....

[Julian Kift]

That makes me feel a whole lot better about my last minute decision to stay home yesterday.


Julian

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com>
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2016 7:14 AM
To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Alternator blues....

Hey Mike,
After we left you yesterday afternoon, The trip back over the Sierra¹s
last night was horrific. Rain started just above Placerville as we
hydroplaned many times the rain was so heavy. The snow started below 6000
feet causing white out conditions several times. At the top of Echo summit
there was a Bad Head On collision that closed the highway in both
directions for quite a while. Certainly no place for Pantera¹s yesterday
evening. Apparently The Reno Tahoe Pantera¹s stayed in place for good
reasons.
Larry

On 10/2/16, 9:11 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

>   Hi guys,
>   Just got home from a terrific weekend in the Sierra foothills; 24
>   Panteras (of the 36 scheduled) took part in the Niello concours at
>   Serrano.  It heaved down with rain for a very brief period, but that
>   rain then turned to snow which kept the large Reno/Tahoe contingent
>   from braving the summit.  Still, a great time was had by all who
>   attended, and we drove home in splendid sunshine.
>   We were driving in Lori's Pantera, which has a flat firewall kit and
>   uses a GM alternator with built-in regulator.  She drove the car to
>   Vegas this spring, and the alternator failed while we were there.  At
>   first it started acting erratic, with the amp needle bouncing around,
>   and then finally it quit and just showed a partial discharge.  Testing
>   at the battery revealed it was doing nothing at that point.  We
>   replaced it with another one, which did exactly the same thing and
>   failed about 50 miles from home.
>   We replaced THAT one, and the third one has worked fine until today.
>   But it probably only has about 250 miles on it or so.  On the way home,
>   once again, I noticed the ammeter needle behaving erratically, then it
>   quit and showed partial discharge for many miles, then briefly came
>   back to life and showed a very strong charge (since we had been running
>   on battery power for awhile), then discharged again.
>   Methinks the problem is not simply that alternators are failing, but
>   rather that there is some sort of fault in the electrical system.  As
>   electrons are far from my strong suit, I hesitate to start diving it to
>   it blindly.
>   What say all of you?
>   FWIW we've got a spare alternator we will be installing tomorrow, which
>   almost assuredly will work just fine...for awhile anyway????
>   Mike
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   That makes me feel a whole lot better about my last minute decision to
   stay home yesterday.

   Julian
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   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com>
   Sent: Monday, October 3, 2016 7:14 AM
   To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Alternator blues....

   Hey Mike,
   After we left you yesterday afternoon, The trip back over the Sierra^1s
   last night was horrific. Rain started just above Placerville as we
   hydroplaned many times the rain was so heavy. The snow started below
   6000
   feet causing white out conditions several times. At the top of Echo
   summit
   there was a Bad Head On collision that closed the highway in both
   directions for quite a while. Certainly no place for Pantera^1s
   yesterday
   evening. Apparently The Reno Tahoe Pantera^1s stayed in place for good
   reasons.
   Larry
   On 10/2/16, 9:11 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
   <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
   detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
   >   Hi guys,
   >   Just got home from a terrific weekend in the Sierra foothills; 24
   >   Panteras (of the 36 scheduled) took part in the Niello concours at
   >   Serrano.  It heaved down with rain for a very brief period, but
   that
   >   rain then turned to snow which kept the large Reno/Tahoe contingent
   >   from braving the summit.  Still, a great time was had by all who
   >   attended, and we drove home in splendid sunshine.
   >   We were driving in Lori's Pantera, which has a flat firewall kit
   and
   >   uses a GM alternator with built-in regulator.  She drove the car to
   >   Vegas this spring, and the alternator failed while we were there.
   At
   >   first it started acting erratic, with the amp needle bouncing
   around,
   >   and then finally it quit and just showed a partial discharge.
   Testing
   >   at the battery revealed it was doing nothing at that point.  We
   >   replaced it with another one, which did exactly the same thing and
   >   failed about 50 miles from home.
   >   We replaced THAT one, and the third one has worked fine until
   today.
   >   But it probably only has about 250 miles on it or so.  On the way
   home,
   >   once again, I noticed the ammeter needle behaving erratically, then
   it
   >   quit and showed partial discharge for many miles, then briefly came
   >   back to life and showed a very strong charge (since we had been
   running
   >   on battery power for awhile), then discharged again.
   >   Methinks the problem is not simply that alternators are failing,
   but
   >   rather that there is some sort of fault in the electrical system.
   As
   >   electrons are far from my strong suit, I hesitate to start diving
   it to
   >   it blindly.
   >   What say all of you?
   >   FWIW we've got a spare alternator we will be installing tomorrow,
   which
   >   almost assuredly will work just fine...for awhile anyway????
   >   Mike
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