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Old 08-29-2011, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by merc4him View Post
Ok, I bought the 1975 w115 300D knowing it had some issues, the battery keeps draining, driving around town, its a new battery and will hold a charge.

So I imagine that the alternator is bad and not charging the battery, thus the drain.

Can someone show me a picture of the alternator and how to take it out and to test it.

Thanks

Keith
You can google "testing an alternator" and get a good idea how to do it, it is very simple.

There have got to be pics on the net showing the 300D alternator plus R&R. Look around a little bit.
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