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"Also, if the alternator is not putting out enough juice, could that be the starting problem?"
Not really - unless the battery is half dead from not being charged.
The alternator just recharges the battery - once the car is running. It will have no effect until then.
However, if that diode was somehow shorting out in a way that drains current from the battery constantly and seriously, then it could make starting hard.
But, your battery would die overnight if it was pulling that much juice.....
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