crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

so i finally got my ---- sorted out on the rex.. and got it driving condition the other day.. drove it for a good hundred miles or so then went home and parked it.. decided to drive it into work.. so on the way to work it decides to die.. the lights on the dash went dim just before it died.. then it just died.. and it was like a dead battery.. click click then no clicks and no start.. then randomly after waiting for a while it started up and drove to work fine.. then last night at work on shift i got in the car to see if it would start.. and it did.. drove it arround the parking lot then parked it.. then saw lights slowly dim.. just like a dying battery... then the car dies.. and wont start up again.. just like a dead battery.. leave it for the morning when i get off shift.. jumped in the car.. and it turned on fine.. managed to drive it all the way home.. with no problems.. got home.. popped the hood.. and checked all wires too and from battery/starter/ground.. but when i went and touched the alternator that fucker was HOTTTTTT

the battery is brand new.. but its too big for the rex.. i thought at first the battery was moving arround.. but i tightend it down and it still did it in the hotel parking lot.. and now the alternator is hot as hell.. like ironing iron HOTTT

i got the big ass battery out the car.. and im going to exchange it for the right size battery (they gave me the big one temporarily...)

could my problem just be that the battery is bigger? too much juice? i remember running big batteries in my wagovan with no problems.. and the car drove fine for over a hundred miles with no problems :(

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

Dude your alt ---- the bed. jsut get another one.

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

you fried that poor little alt try'n to keep constant power to a truck/suv battery i'd get a motor cycle battery like bdv has and a new alt i have one i will sell you for 7 million dollars !!

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

or just get the right size battery and a new alt.... :1

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

shitty.. i just exchanged the battery for the right one... but are you sure the alternator is fried? meh :(

ill toss in the battery and see what happends..

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

Yes, the damn alternator is fried. I got a d-series alternator in perfect working order I'll sell ya!

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

i got my old one off the new engine :-*

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

... did it work?

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so far.. new battery on same alternator and its working fine

Re: crx.. intermitent battery/charging/alternator problems..
 

battery must have just been shot and couldnt hold a charge. so how is that gremlin of a crx runnin now ?