If you drove the new battery with the bad alternator the battery could be ruined - if you use the new alternator to charge a nearly dead battery you can damage the alternator (the more times you do this the more it becomes true). There's a guy around who makes a living rebuilding alternators - he recommends to charge a dead battery with a battery charger not the alternator (like if you're stranded, you get a jump, then go home and charge it fully on a battery charger).

He said that he puts in new bearing and won't reuse the old - but the suppliers to flaps buy these used bearings from him and put them in their rebuilds.

>From: kevin leong <k_leong@yahoo.com> > >I just got back from a trip and the alternator went. >I replaced the alternator but the battery light on the >dash stays on in park or neutral. In Drive, 1st or >2nd, the light goes out. My van is an automatic and I >was wondering if anyone every had this problem before? >I just bought a new battery too, so I ruled that out, >and the it doesn't start in gear, ruling out the >neutral safety switch. Thanks in advance for any help >from the list!!!! > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/

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