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Old 09-01-2010, 02:46 PM
tangofox007 tangofox007 is offline
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Originally Posted by SirNik84 View Post
Its on the back of the alternator, its back, and about 3/4" square. thats the part the tech tossed at me and said "this is whats been killing the alternators" I have in it in my glove box, kind of a "good luck charm" I suppose.
Then it's definitely not a diode. Capacitor, most probably. A new alternator typically does not have the noise suppression capacitor installed, so the old one gets installed on the new alternator.

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