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Re: Alternative alternators and dieing diodes
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 6/27/1999

Hi Gary,

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The Buick's alternator obviously has a problem, I think 1 diode was open. I caught it by 'accident', I was just 'scoping around' :) I did not replace the alternator because there was no ele... Login to read more.