[T3] Battery/Charging System Woes

[garram1@swbell.net]

I've been struggling with my battery/charging system lately.  A 
couple of months ago my battery went dead.  I added a little distilled 
water to it, put it on my charger for a few hours and reinstalled it.  
Jim A. sent me the charging system FAQ and I did the tests on the 
system.  Everything seemed to check out ok until last Thursday.  I 
went to start the car to go to work and it wouldn't turn the engine 
over, well, maybe once, then nothing.  I jumped it with the battery 
out of my bus and got to work ok.  I had to jump it again to get 
home.  When I got home I pulled the battery out.  The two cells 
closest to the negative post needed a little water.  I put it on the 
charger overnight and reinstalled it.  The car started right up with no 
problem.  I did the system checks from the FAQ just in case 
something had failed since the last time I checked but the numbers 
all looked good.  My thought was that maybe it was time for a new 
battery.  I had no trouble with the car driving to work and back on 
Saturday.  Then this morning, another twist.  The car started fine but 
on my way to work I noticed that at higher rpms my generator light 
would glow.  I thought it might be a loose generator belt but when I 
checked it on my lunch break it seemed fine.  

Anyone got a clue what might be going on here?  


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