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I just had my alternator rebuilt about three weeks ago. The other night my battery light came on but.......it would only light up if I gave her some gas. It would not light up at Idle and It would not light up if I drove in reverse. It would only come on if I was going forward with my foot on the gas pedal. So needless to say before I could get it checked out, the wife took it and it drained the battery.
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When I had the alternator rebuilt I also put in a brand new battery. So I took the battery out today and put it on a charger and it would not take a charge. I placed another battery on the charger and it charged fine so it is not the charger (I just bought the charger today)
so...what say you? Bad Battery? or Alternator?
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Originally posted by ThomasBrown:
.... So I took the battery out today and put it on a charger and it would not take a charge. I placed another battery on the charger and it charged fine so it is not the charger (I just bought the charger today)
so...what say you? Bad Battery? or Alternator?
Bad battery.
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Hey Tony,
I just bought the battery from autozone like three weks ago, will they take it back?
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it should have a warranty, but even so, take it back and tell them it just drained and wont take a charge.
also, make sure that you hooked up all the electrical connections right. if the alternator isn't wired up to the battery right it wouldn't be able to charge, but then again, it wouldn't have taken three weeks to figure that one out. I think we already got it, dead battery
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Originally posted by ThomasBrown:
..I just bought the battery from autozone like three weks ago, will they take it back?
They better! Most of the batteries have a warranty. I think some have a 12 month exchange or something like that. If my 3 week battery doesn't work, it probably was defective the day I bought it. At a minimum, they need to give you a brand new one (with you paying a few dollars pro-rata, if they are nasty about it).
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Oh, and return the charger. You don't need one when you have a good battery and alternator.
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Thank You Gentleman! If your ever in Bloomington Illinois stop by Rhinos Pub and I'll have a cold one for ya!
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Originally posted by ThomasBrown:
absolutely
You really mean Absolut(ely) , don't you. 
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