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JFX001 SuperDork
2/24/12 6:50 p.m.

1988RedT2 wrote: So when do we know? Frankly, the suspense is killing me.

+1...although I'm thinking he didn't make it....

JoeyM SuperDork
2/24/12 7:19 p.m.

I think he did....too busy relaxing on the couch to worry about telling us.

wbjones SuperDork
2/24/12 7:49 p.m.

possibly ... yrs ago in a '76 Civic the alternator went out one night in Charlotte and I made it to within 50 mi of Asheville ... ambient temp well below freezing and at night .... ( so heater and headlights )

EvanB SuperDork
2/24/12 10:53 p.m.

He is going very slowly to conserve battery.

Nitroracer SuperDork
2/24/12 11:57 p.m.

My zetec focus made it 11 miles before all the electronics went haywire and it shutoff - in my driveway.

BobOfTheFuture HalfDork
2/25/12 3:17 a.m.

I was DD'ing a MGB for a while. Car lunched the alt, and I didnt have money till payday for a new one. I drove all week 60 miles round trip to work and back, charging it at work and at home.

Turns out i was just ahead of the curve on the whole plugging in your roadster after every trip thing. I hear thats all the rage now

As a side note- It did strand me, on friday halfway home. Did fine most of the week though!

aeronca65t Dork
2/25/12 5:54 a.m.

This is my race-Spridget. I does not have an alternator.
It will easily run 3 hours per day with various stops and starts on grid....no problem. Sometimes, I'll go into the second day of an event before I realize I've forgotten to charge it.
Runs an oversize electric fuel pump and decent size coil/electronic ignition.

Crappy (inefficient) Lucas starter. No air conditoning or stereo
Running the same $35 WalMart garden tractor battery (275 CCA) for the last two years to save weight.

mad_machine SuperDork
2/25/12 8:20 a.m.

It must have stopped somewhere bad if we have not heard from him yet

T.J. SuperDork
2/25/12 8:37 a.m.

I once bought a Sprite in Spokane and drove it about 90 miles home to Moscow, ID without a functioning alternator. Of course it was daytime so no lights on, the car did not have a radio, it had a mechanical fuel pump, so the only electrical load was the ignition system. The last few miles it was starting to miss a bit. When I pulled into the driveway it didn't have enough juice to start. It took a few minutes to figure out that the alternator output wire was not hooked up to anything. That car had a Datsun engine and tranny swapped into it, but some of the details had not been worked out yet. I ended up building a voltage regulator from one I bought at NAPA and some parts from Radio Shack.

1988RedT2 SuperDork
2/27/12 12:41 p.m.

I need some closure here. What happened?

Hungary Bill Reader
2/27/12 1:27 p.m.

1988RedT2 wrote: I need some closure here. What happened?

+1

DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
2/27/12 1:28 p.m.

he's still walking home

alfadriver SuperDork
2/27/12 1:33 p.m.

T.J. wrote: I once bought a Sprite in Spokane and drove it about 90 miles home to Moscow, ID without a functioning alternator.

Say, what? You used to live in Moscow?? Really? I went to school there (and my bro lived there with his family until about 6 years ago)...

Related to this thread- my neighbor blew her motor near Pasco, WA, and limed all the way back home to Moscow. Engine siezed once she shut it off...

barrowcadbury New Reader
2/27/12 1:34 p.m.

I can see him on Xbox Live right now... that's a promising sign!

Osterkraut SuperDork
2/27/12 1:46 p.m.

barrowcadbury wrote: I can see him on Xbox Live right now... that's a promising sign!

Unless his xBox was traded as part of a ransom package!

N Sperlo SuperDork
2/27/12 1:51 p.m.

I made it. I'm pretty sure it died Thursday, but I made it home with a decent sum of money in my pocket.

DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
2/27/12 1:51 p.m.

Good to hear sir.

N Sperlo SuperDork
2/27/12 1:53 p.m.

barrowcadbury wrote: I can see him on Xbox Live right now... that's a promising sign!

I'm at work. At least I know what my wife is doing.

GrantMLS Reader
2/27/12 4:19 p.m.

This was fun.. this time put a hole in your gas tank and we will see if you get home..

N Sperlo SuperDork
2/27/12 4:20 p.m.

In reply to GrantMLS:

No thanks. I have other cars to worry about.

Javelin SuperDork
2/27/12 4:28 p.m.

N Sperlo wrote:
barrowcadbury wrote: I can see him on Xbox Live right now... that's a promising sign!
I'm at work. At least I know what my wife is doing.

LMAO!!!!!

(Better than the alternative )

HiTempguy SuperDork
2/27/12 4:33 p.m.

Javelin wrote: (Better than the alternative )

Cleaning the house?

Cooking dinner in the kitchen?

I want to know what this alternative is you speak of...

ClemSparks SuperDork
2/27/12 4:47 p.m.

The bad alternative?...

The UPS/FedEx/Milkman playing online racing...

T.J. SuperDork
2/27/12 8:43 p.m.

Osterkraut wrote:
barrowcadbury wrote: I can see him on Xbox Live right now... that's a promising sign!
Unless his xBox was traded as part of a ransom package!

There were at least 2 reports of stolen xBoxes discussed on this board in the past week, maybe his was a 3rd?

T.J. SuperDork
2/27/12 8:47 p.m.

alfadriver wrote:
T.J. wrote: I once bought a Sprite in Spokane and drove it about 90 miles home to Moscow, ID without a functioning alternator.
Say, what? You used to live in Moscow?? Really? I went to school there (and my bro lived there with his family until about 6 years ago)... Related to this thread- my neighbor blew her motor near Pasco, WA, and limed all the way back home to Moscow. Engine siezed once she shut it off...

My wife and I are U of I grads. Haven't been there since 1995, except a brief return visit in 1998 for a day or two as part of a Navy boondoggle I arranged. I have fond memories of the place, a lot of which have to do with the friends we made while there. I remembered you were from Idaho Falls, as I went out there for a job interview at INEL a couple years ago and asked about the place on here.