A friend of mine recently acquired a 2004 Kompressor & doesn't have much cash and asked to borrow some torx sockets as the alternator is not charging. Diagnosis was done with a machine at the McParts store.

I can give him some tools & have the alternator bench tested. Is there an external voltage regulator that goes bad? If so, where is it located? If not, how is charging controlled in that car?

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.