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I'm cursed! Stay away!
« on: Feb 24th, 2006, 1:53pm » |
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I'm pretty sure I'm cursed. Started about a week ago... Get in my car to go to work, turn the key and... Click, click, click... Battery dead. Wife calls sis-in-law... Try to jump start my car, and her car dies... Drained battery... She gets a jump from AAA and gives me a ride to work... Half an hour late. Get call from wife a few hours later... Sis-in-law can't pick me up from work, because she has a flat tire... At lunch, a co-worker says they'll give me a ride... At the end of the day, she gets fired... Luckily she still gave me a ride, and I don't find out that she's been fired 'til the next day.
Next day... Get car jumped, and go to work. Buy battery before going home... Try to install battery, and find it doesn't fit quite right, but get it rigged up and working... Get in car to go to store about 26 hours later... Battery dead... Obviously a battery drain somewhere.
Next day... Try to find battery drain with no luck... Best day of the past week.
Next day... All Hell breaks loose (unrelated to the vehicle)... Worse day. Miss work that night.
Fast forward to today... I've been jumping my car with a portable power station for the past few days because the battery won't charge... Suspecting alternator problems... This morning, driving home, notice the voltage reading on the dash was falling (I was hoping it was because of low idle at the stop light)... Get going, the voltage continues to drop, and the digital dash starts going dark... Oh shit... Okay, I'm in the right lane of a buzy highway, with a nearly dead electrical system getting ready to stall. Fairly wide shoulder on the right, but no businesses or other parking lots off the highway. Mall on the left. Do I risk stalling halfway through the left lane heading for the turn lane, just to get off the highway? Hell yes... Made it to the left turn lane, slowing down to stop at the light... Stall... Light turns green, and I let off the brake in neutral, lean out the door, and push as well as I could with my foot... I start rolling... Turn left begging for the light to stay green, and surprise... It does! I made it to the parking lot. Of course, couldn't even get it started again... Two hours later, my van is rolling off the back of a flatbed tow truck in front of my house.
I'm cursed, so everyone should just stay away from me... Prolly dangerous to even talk to me for a while... In fact, you prolly shouldn't even be reading this... Go away... Quick! Before it's to late!
PFDAN.................................... Drk^Angel
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #1 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 2:00pm » |
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DARK, THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY DAY !!!--It sound like it is the alternator for sure....They aren't that hard to get out. If you can bring it to an auto parts store and they'll take money off of the price of a new or rebuilt one. Have a Much BETTER WEEKEND....
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #2 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 2:06pm » |
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Dark,
I refuse to stay away!! I need to live dangerously just now 
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #3 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 2:59pm » |
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #4 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 3:05pm » |
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Ya gotta love those days when the dark cloud envelopes your every waking minute!! Like a kip 10.....they eventually pass, but they do take it outta you while they're around!!! Good luck, sending you some happy good luck vibes!
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #5 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 3:45pm » |
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That kept happening to my kids car. The battery kept draining and dieing. He kept buying new batteries and getting jumped all the time. Alternator hu? I will have to let him know. I will pray that things get better for you quickly. I know how it is no fun when things are just not going right.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #6 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 3:55pm » |
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Damnit Drk! My fu**ing car better start when I get ready to go home for the weekend.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #7 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 5:03pm » |
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Remember what I said----" It is absatively--posalutely the Aletrnator"-----I own a moderate sized Trucking Company, and have been there and done that !
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #8 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 5:06pm » |
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Yup, da alternator.
Sorry Drk, you sound like my best friends life lately. During the c-section of her baby, the surgeon screwed up her bladder, so she had to go back in for corrective surgery 3 weeks later. Well, turns out she ended up with an infection, her husbands transmission on his truck went, so he took her Blazer and ended up hitting a deer the same day.
Spurts happen, reminds me of when my blazer caught on fire. It's like everything snowballs after that. 
It'll iron out eventually.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #9 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 5:28pm » |
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Damit Drk. My monitor is flickering...
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #10 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 5:37pm » |
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ummmmmm....
do two negatives make a positive?
I hope so, since my week has been the same....
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #11 on: Feb 24th, 2006, 7:06pm » |
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Hell week for us all it seems...
Albeit my troubles seem contrite in comparison, however its always a wonderfull feeling to suddenly find out that directly after lunch for 2000 high school kids, you have to serve a complete "sit down" meal for 400 senior citizens... (who, btw will be pissed if there is no coffee ready when they start arriving) ya, late start day and not even the principal of the school caught it. I did about a week before hand and was more or less prepared as a result... thanks to myself.
Anyhow... I gotta ask Drk;
HOW IN HADES DID IT TAKE YOU A WEEK TO FIGURE OUT THAT IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR?!???! !!?
Ok... not funny... I'm done now.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #12 on: Feb 25th, 2006, 8:48am » |
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I had started to figure it was the alternator when the battery wouldn't charge...Before that, didn't figure the alternator, because I've never had an alternator cause a parasitic drain like that... Then I was hoping it'd make it 'til my next day off, so I could replace it... I know... Stupid idea, but that van is my only reliable way of gettin' back and forth to werk... For about half an hour today, I thought I was gonna have to buy a bicycle after werk to ride home... 10 miles... On a cold, windy day... Luckily I was able to get a ride at the last minute.
PFDAN................................................... Drk^Angel
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #13 on: Feb 25th, 2006, 10:10am » |
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It could have been a dead short. While the alternator is the more likely culprit, I had a dead short that acted a lot like that.
The good news for me was that a small piece of electrical tape solved my problem.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #14 on: Feb 25th, 2006, 10:40am » |
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D^A
A former boss, mentor and dare I say friend, had a saying for times when things appeared to be falling apart.
"This too shall pass. What are our plans for when it does?"
Keep plowing forward, we're all cursed in some way or form. The trick is to keep moving past were we are and remain focused on where we choose to be.
No one is going to stay away. What you're currently going through can't rub off on folks. Do something to help you establish a more positive frame of mind and keep looking ahead.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #15 on: Feb 25th, 2006, 11:29am » |
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You're not cursed Drk.
You just need to get you a FORD.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #16 on: Feb 25th, 2006, 11:32am » |
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Well... I hope it's not a short... Because I really don't feel like searching all the cable runs and wiring harnesses in my van (Is it really necessary to have so many electronics in a vehicle???). If the alternator was pulling power, it should be pretty easy to test for it once I pull the wires from the alternator tomorrow.
PFDAN..................................... Drk^Angel
P.S. It does to rub off... Just look at what happened to my sis-in-law and co-worker...
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #17 on: Feb 25th, 2006, 11:48am » |
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on Feb 25th, 2006, 11:32am, Drk^Angel wrote:| If the alternator was pulling power, it should be pretty easy to test for it once I pull the wires from the alternator tomorrow. |
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Just pull the positive cable off the battery while its running, if the alternator is good the van should keep running.
Thats if these computer vehicals work anything like cars in the old days....LOL...I dont even screw with cars today, all my trucks and cars go to the shop.
Good luck, Dude!
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #18 on: Feb 25th, 2006, 12:20pm » |
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Jonny's given you the easiest test for alternator functionality in regards to providing electrical power sufficient for running the vehicle.
A volt/olm meter should be used to verify that the alternator is producing sufficient volts to power the vehicle and charge the battery. A good book for your vehicle will provide the specs. and walk you through the basic testing procedures. Most alternators have internal voltage regulators these days but there are still vehicles with external regulators - could save you a lot of money if you happen to own one.
A repair manual based on complete tear down and rebuild of a specific make/model is the first thing I buy after purchasing a vehicle.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #19 on: Feb 26th, 2006, 11:02am » |
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When I tried to run the car without a battery attached, it ran... Sort of... Kinda sputtered and spat, and the damn digital dash was all screwy... Then it died. Then again... I haven't tried it since I completely lost power and stalled a few days ago...
All's I know... If AutoZone tells me that the alternator is good, I doubt that I'll believe them. Of course, first I should take the damned thing off that overweight paperweight sittin' in front of my house... LOL
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #20 on: Feb 26th, 2006, 11:27am » |
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on Feb 25th, 2006, 10:40am, burnt-toast wrote:| "This too shall pass. What are our plans for when it does?" |
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I prefer: "Like gas, this too shall pass."
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #21 on: Feb 26th, 2006, 12:23pm » |
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Little surprises me anymore... But I STILL can't believe anyone said this. 
FORD sux!
'Bus
P.S. if you take your van to Advance Auto Parts they will run a diagnostic from the ODBC Data Port under the dash... and tell you exactly what the problem is, IF.... big IF there are any
Trouble codes to read.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #22 on: Feb 26th, 2006, 12:30pm » |
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Welp... The van ain't movin'... Plus, without power, any stored codes there may have been have prolly been purged.
BTW... Dunno if this is important... But the van is a Ford.
PFDAN....................................... Drk^Angel
P.S. All cars sux... Ford parts just cost less when they need replaced... At least in my experience so far.
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #23 on: Feb 26th, 2006, 12:34pm » |
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You're not cursed. I hope lots of better days your direction next week!
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Re: I'm cursed! Stay away!
« Reply #24 on: Feb 26th, 2006, 2:51pm » |
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Too late! We've read the thread!
If all our cars poop out on us in the next few days - HE IS CURSED!!! 
Seriously, hope you can get it worked out.
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