-=> Quoting Sean Dunbar to Landon Robinson <=-
 SD> @MSGID: 1:124/6630 bbe49dd1
 SD> Not only that, but it only failed around a certain tempurature range,
 SD> and  usually only when the engine was cold.
That is weird usually they go out from being to hot. 
 LR> If you have a choice between getting an electronic or an
 SD> Have the electronic one on mine.  I BELIEVE it's actually the
 SD> original,  though I can't be certain (had the original alternator after
 SD> 17 years).  Still puts out almost 14 volts at idle..
I know mine had an elecro-mechanical regulator when I bought it but I have no
idea how long it had been in there.  It was four years ago when I did replace
it I don't rememeber why. I think I drilled the rivets on it so I could 
adjust the voltage output and one of the windings was rather dark and had
that "overheated" look so I just replaced it in the clause of preventitive
maintinance.
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