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I hereby give anyone here the right to point, laugh, and make fun of me for 1 day, today, Oct 31, 2006. I have been having elec problems for a while now, checked everything I could get my hands on, and finally my car started dying and I missed the GVC SoCen meet b/c I thought my alternator was dead. Well, I finally got my wife to send out my parts this past Saturday to include my OEM alternator so I could change it out. Today I figured since it is due here in a the next couple of days I may as well get the old one out so I would be ready to toss the other old one in. As I was doing it, I disconected the fan, the overflow hose for the radiator, got the fan shroud out, and started to disconnect the wires from the alternator. The first plug I pulled on (bottom right side, no clue what it is) it just pulled right off with no effort. This seemed odd, so I plugged it back in to see if it was latched right, and sure enough, it was a PITA to get back off again! This was the only wire I couldn't get to with all the stuff in my engine bay to check before! So, after slapping myself a few times, I figured, WTH, might as well hook everything back up (wasn't sure if it would start or throw a CEL if I didn't have the fan hooked up) and see what happens. Cole can vouch for this when he came over I tried to start it and my dash display was blinking, the battery light was flashing, and the engine was dying and all that crap. So I got it all back together to see what would happen, and sure enough it started right up, no battery light, bags worked perfect, no battery light, nothing! I took it for a spin around the block a couple of times after letting it warm up for a few seconds and it works perfect! I missed the whole SoCen meet, and had Walter drive 1hr out of his was or more just to get me for the dinner, Cole had to come from his hotel to get the mat from me he wanted, and Zuben drove out of his way to bring me stuff from the meet that I didn't get since I couldn't be there! I FEEL LIKE SUCH AN AXX! Point and laugh away, but better do it quick, offer ends tonight at midnight!

damronjr Glad to see you finally sold the problem. Doesn't it just kill you to know it was something that simple. Good thing it was that easy. Congrats! Enjoy your new car. lol.

Quote, originally posted by damronjr » Point and laugh away, but better do it quick, offer ends tonight at midnight! No way. Absolutely not. A new entry in the genvibe dictionarydamron (verb) To cause drastic malfunction as a result of incorrect installation of modification. Example: "I tried to hook up a CAI, but I damroned the hell out of it and now it won't even run!"

hahhaha damronjr thats what you get for having a SC vibe..... glad you got it figured out though

I think Zuben, Cole, and Walter should demand reimbursement for the miles.

Hey, who am I to pass up a freebie? Seriously though, I'm glad it's back up and running and didn't cost you a fortune to fix.

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »damron (verb) To cause drastic malfunction as a result of incorrect installation of modification. Examle: "I tried to hook up a CAI, but I damroned the hell out of it and now it won't even run!"Yep, I'm an idiot, and this fits the bill perfectly!I guess after driving it around for a while and boosting just to make sure, everything is fine and dandy! Won't my wife be happy, I think I'll just tell her the old alt she sent fixed the problem and leave it at that!

he was only about 8 miles out from my friends apartment at UT dallas, so im fine. glad you got it back up and running Jason! but man that is weird though. one little wire was the source for all the (insert your favorite potty word here) that it put you through this weekend.im with joat i wont point and laugh but that is a good idea for a new word in the Genvibe Dictionary.

How better to learn than from someone else's mistakes (i.e. MINE!).

I'm convinced that if you didn't have nad luck, you'd have no luck at all! Since I'm Irish, I'll give you some of mine. The only disclaimer is that it's null and void if you try to use it on ANY mod to your Vibe!

In the Voice of Nelson Munz "Ha - Ha"In the Voice of me. "Glad you got it all fixed!!"

Quote, originally posted by new05vibeowner »I'm convinced that if you didn't have nad luck, you'd have no luck at all! Since I'm Irish, I'll give you some of mine. The only disclaimer is that it's null and void if you try to use it on ANY mod to your Vibe!Hey, maybe I'll get a job then! lol And just to let those wgo care know about that, I got called from both companies I have been talking to. 1 is doing background checks right now and the other wants to do a phone interview before a 1-on-1, so I am still waitinng, but still in the running for both I guess!

sperated at birth?

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Oh SUUUUUREEE... fix it out there... so you cant run against me at the track huh!!! i see how you are... coward! LOL.... glad its fixed...hope you dont break it agian. Get that job so you can say... "hey mike, i got a darn good job now.. you can have my stock front bumper for free"

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »Oh SUUUUUREEE... fix it out there... so you cant run against me at the track huh!!! i see how you are... coward! LOL.... glad its fixed...hope you dont break it agian. Get that job so you can say... "hey mike, i got a darn good job now.. you can have my stock front bumper for free" Haha, yeah well, now my parts are all being shipped out here with everything else I own! lol I'd love to go to the track now, and there is one out here semi-local, so maybe..... Next time you go to your grandma's just make a run out to Energy way to all the scrap-yards out there near Eastlake, they had plenty of Vibes out there, and I'm sure you could snag one for cheap!

Oh come on Jason, My grandmother's 90 yrs old and she could of figured that one out. Sheeeesh. kool, Im glad your up and going now ..... nuvibe

I think my battery might be farked now since it was depleted like it was. I thought everything was fine until we went to get some food just a few minutes ago and while we were sitting idling in the drive-thru the battery light came on and the interior accessory lights were dimming a little, but once I took it out of drive and pressed the gas a little it went off and the lights went back to normal.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenmaxx »sperated at birth?If he doesn't get that crap fixed he damroned up on his car, he'll be Munsoned out in the middle of nowhere. It's Nov 1 here but since damronjr's location says CA and he's in TX, I too can claim a couple time zones difference as well, so it's still Oct. 31 from where I post at the moment. That's what ya get for modding the crap outta that thing man! hehehe! You'd be amazed at how much better things stay if you leave them stock!

I get an extra day since my laptop was out of commission yesterday. And NO, I didn't damron it! Glad to hear you're up and running again. I may be in Dallas late November, so after you get your new job (any day now, I hope) you can reimburse me with lunch. (joking, of course...you were just down the road from my nephew's house).Hey, I damroned my gauge fuses three times before I realized I wired my DRL switch wrong.

I missed out on the free pass, oh well. I'm just glad that it was something simple, although difficult to get to. Just dont damron it for next years meet.

Quote, originally posted by ZubenElGenubi »I get an extra day since my laptop was out of commission yesterday. And NO, I didn't damron it! Glad to hear you're up and running again. I may be in Dallas late November, so after you get your new job (any day now, I hope) you can reimburse me with lunch. (joking, of course...you were just down the road from my nephew's house).Hey, I damroned my gauge fuses three times before I realized I wired my DRL switch wrong. Oh, you're on! Speaking of jobs, I have a phone interview tomorrow morning, and depending on how that goes could lead to a face-2-face.

good luck man!