The guy who sold me the car told me he had a lot of trouble previously with alternators. He went thru 2 re-builds and a new alternator before the problem seemingly corrected itself. When I inherited the car, the wire from the battery to the alternator broke off and dropped touching the body and draining the battery. Since the battery wasn't mine, I replaced it with a new one a month ago, I replace the broken wire and terminals and all was well. Until tonight in the grocery store parking lot. It wouldn't turn over. The guy parked next to me gave me a jump start and I was on my way. I shut the car off when I got home, and tried to turn it over and it was the same thing.

Does this sound like the alternator? If so, why is this brick eating so many alternators? Perhaps, for costs sake, it's time to retire the car and move on. I fear it could be a wiring harness issue, and I definately don't have the money for a harness or the labor involved to install one.

-Todd

Temporarily peeved at my 244.

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Canadian -'85 244 GL from Vancouver