[Mystake]

Didnt get much chance to look at it since its in storage... When it was recently moved i was let known that the charging light was on.

After taking a peak around it, everything looks fine. No noises (not from the alt, theres a small air leak above it though) no nothing, cables seem fine on quick look over.

Start the car, battery light comes on. Previously, the car sat for 3 months, I drove it for 1-1.5, parked it again outside for a few weeks before it got moved indoors by which point it was already having issues. Its been sitting since.


Thing that bothers me is that its a ford oem alternator that i got from shanahan ford back in early 2011 when i popped the old motor so its only got about 100k on it and only a few years old. I took a hammer and a bar to it and gave it a few good hits (maybe shouldve done it while it was running if it was rust on the brushes?) but no luck.


Thoughts? Ive changed an alternator on a zetec before and calling it a tight fit is an understatement so ill try other things first even if it means dancing for ten minutes while singing celine dion.