>Suddenly the engine died in the midst of traffic. I turned the key to start it >and had no juice from the battery. I had a thought, and sure, enough no >alternator belt. I'd been running on the battery for a while. Glad you got it home without any major incident. Why do you suppose that your alternator light did not come on to indicate that the belt had failed? John |
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