Friday, January 25, 2019

Don't Do an Alternator Wire Bypass; Reviving Lexi the Second

One thing I learned for the 1304th time is to not take advice from my pops, especially when it comes to fixing things. Don't get me wrong - he's a good guy but he swears he's right no matter what. When I show him proof today, he will say I did something wrong. (I'm not saying crap! Because he will set out to prove it.)

The alternator bypass. I want to talk about that as that was his idea. Of course, I couldn't find anything on Google (big red flag) because I was actually doing an Alternator Wire Bypass. The idea was that the wire was old and had too much resistance. To get around this, I blindly ran another wire straight from the alternator to the positive battery terminal. If you want to know how I got to the idea that it was maybe the wire and not the alternator itself, read the previous article.


I picked up an alternator from AutoZone as quick as I could and I have to put it in today. It's me and my wife's daily driver and only car - and that's been a trip. But I still love it. These cars are known for at least getting you where you need to be if they're dying. It only took two jump-starts and some speeding to get from where I died to where I needed to fix the car.

So if we learned anything it's that if you're getting that battery light on and off intermittently then your alternator is probably dying. Simple. Just get ready to buy a new one.

Reviving Lexi the Second
The car hasn't been washed on the exterior in a few months. The inside, mainly the back, is pretty dirty from moving. It has a couple areas that need to be painted over, even. I don't know how it happened but where I had filled in the holes of the 'Lexus' and 'LS400,' dirt suddenly starting clinging around that whole area. It's almost like it soaked into the paint or something!

I'd say we're about even on the mods... *coughbullsh$&cough*

Lexi is a beast (you know it's true if your wife says it) so she deserves a lot of love. I'm keeping the interior as clean as possible - after I fix her - until I can paint the car so I can clean it up on the outside as well. There's a Virgin Mary statue I've thought of using as a hood ornament...

Thanks for reading. I will update everybody with the new, fresh Lexi after some time. Expect an article or two that doesn't involve my car soon.

- Rokas K.

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