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Wow - what a sweet turn of events. My battery drained and I was stranded 12 miles away from home. While being towed, I decided to charge the battery and see if it was still any good. It took the charge telling me the alternator must be bad. My unit is extremely hard to reach(Mystique 1995 2.0L) giving me a couple days to study the problem. Sure enough, a search of the database turned up a message leading me to look for a high-power (175amp) fuse between the alternator and the battery. Mine was busted and replacing it cost $6.02 at the dealer. Big, big difference from an estimate of $159.00 for a rebuilt and $70.00 for removal/installation. If I had gone that route, I would still have the bad fuse. Also, another message advised to quick-charge the battery before engaging a new or rebuilt alternator. Otherwise, the strain of juicing a drained battery is too much of a load
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I had that fuse go too. Wish I knew what caused it to blow. :p
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New adition 01/11/2002 The original 95SE in Midnight Red all the toys including traction control
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Do you mean your alternator wasn't bad, and it was just a fuse?
Ford is in the process of replacing my alternator for aroun 500 dollars!!!
Remind me never to go to Ford dealer for repairs....
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Slider: Nothing wrong with the alternator. My experience with a Ford Taurus 1991 is that when that alternator went south, the damage to it was obvious on sight.
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Originally posted by mikcarsd:
Wow - what a sweet turn of events. My battery drained and I was stranded 12 miles away from home. While being towed, I decided to charge the battery and see if it was still any good. It took the charge telling me the alternator must be bad. My unit is extremely hard to reach(Mystique 1995 2.0L) giving me a couple days to study the problem. Sure enough, a search of the database turned up a message leading me to look for a high-power (175amp) fuse between the alternator and the battery. Mine was busted and replacing it cost $6.02 at the dealer. Big, big difference from an estimate of $159.00 for a rebuilt and $70.00 for removal/installation. If I had gone that route, I would still have the bad fuse. Also, another message advised to quick-charge the battery before engaging a new or rebuilt alternator. Otherwise, the strain of juicing a drained battery is too much of a load Which post did you get this from? My alternator is 'dead' too.
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Its the unit that all the spark plug wires go into, behind the engine.
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On the right of the engine for the 4 cyls. 
hunter green 96 mystique mtx, sabb side markers deep tints
car bra., K & N filter, hyper white low beams, after market fogs, JVC Kameleon head unit, 600 watt amp with 2 10" kicker subs, soon to come new rims
New adition 01/11/2002 The original 95SE in Midnight Red all the toys including traction control
Fog light mod, lightmoonroof switch from a focus, power antena (still wiring it up) post 98 sail panels, new water pump , Bosch quad plaitnum plugs, and a new Cat.
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