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and assembled in USA is now just fancy talk for "Made in China" lol:
pulled the alt. Im upping my bets on it's bad: Some hard plastic appears to have melted and bubbled out. The positive post is also loose. It has a lifetime warranty so Im gonna try another new one.
Ive had three new alternators in the past 5 years. After my stock went out I got a reman off ebay that was good for 200 amps. That was the best one Ive gotten. Had it for a few years. I replaced that in Kamloops BC with a reman canadian wilson unit which lasted me approx. 15,000 miles. I replaced that one with this Bosch. Havent driven too much until lately because the rig has been having so much work done. My guess is it has much less than 1k miles. Good thing about this unit is it comes with a 24 month roadside assistance bonus and a lifetime guarantee.
You woulda been better off getting one out of my back shed.....
My other question is if the battery is bad would it also cause the low charging in the alternator? is it possible its just hitting a sort of wall in terms of charging because it is in poor condition?
Bad battery won't effect alternator charging voltage. Bosch or any old reliable brands ain't what they used to be, we just roll the dice and make sure of return policies when buying parts.
