<VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 3, Issue 66

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

You have a shorted positive diode in the alternator. And, it sounds like, 
you've probably toasted the stator. 

In a message dated 4/10/2005 11:42:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ronchoy at comcast.net writes:
Has my alternator failed?  With ignition off, the ALT lite is lit. Connecting 
the ground terminal causes clicking from the voltage regulator. Idiot lites 
were off while I drove today. However, earlier in the day, I smelled burning 
insulation for just a moment.   
   Can I check any of this with just my volt/ohmmeter?     -ron 65,66 (-65 
going nowhere)