"Roy J. Tellason" wrote to "Jasen Betts" (10 Jan 03  20:01:41)
 --- on the topic of "HVDC TRANSMISSION LINES"

 RJT> Another issue I need to deal with is the regulator in my truck.  The
 RJT> one that was in there went bad,  and cooked the battery a bit -- I had
 RJT> to add some nontrivial amount of water and when I get around to it I
 RJT> need to yank that battery out and re-paint the tray.  The regulator
 RJT> there is also where a ground strap from the engine block is connected,
 RJT> but the bolts there are not grabbing the sheet metal behind the unit
 RJT> as tightly as I'd like,  so I may need to step up a size,  or go to
 RJT> some other arrangement.

You know that on the belt, besides the alternator there is also the
power steering pump. I've heard Chrysler has had a bad run of them
becoming very loud and noisy. I don't know if it's the bearings that go
bad but the pumps still work okay, just make a racket is all. What make
is your Roy. J. -mobile???

 Mike
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