some kind of short?

[BaileySims]

I can take out the brushes, I have the alternator with me now. The bearings are toast though. They won't open it and notice there gone or anything, right? Haha

[BaileySims]

I kind of broke it. -_-

[4wdEconoBox]

Nah they don't care, and that's still fine. If your good a soldering then there's you an extra set of brushes if/when yours need replacing. I had an issue with mine not to long ago and was about to go somewhere and noticed my alt light was on, so I took it apart and replaced the brushes with some spares. She's still charging, it could get you by for a little while if your in a tight spot lol. I used some from an old Volvo alt. I've got a couple extra sets just in case haha. It's also a good thing to do if you go to a parts yard, because they definitely don't care haha.

[Petros]

those brushes look like they have a lot of life in them. save as spares.

[BaileySims]

She lives. It was just the burned out alt and the alt with the external vr that was causing the mishaps.

[4wdEconoBox]

Goodddd! I'm glad a new alt fixed your problem!!!!!