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Old 09-07-2010, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by madmaxx View Post
Usually if your batter has a bad cell it will destroy your alternator since it causes the alternator to continually work, one usually follows the other.
I guess that makes sense, but maybe it was the alternator which first went bad by not charging enough and let the battery get run down. It's like the old chicken and egg argument, which came first?
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