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      02-14-2022, 04:03 PM   #142
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Originally Posted by SEFcollector View Post
The build is so clean. Did you find from where the oil in the garage was? What about the alternator?
I appreciate that! That's been my overall goal - clean, tasteful, OEM+

Oil drippings are coming from the time sert that was installed by the last shop that did the oil change post-rod bearings. Said the drain plug was stripped and needed to install a time sert to fix. They did but now the time sert comes out w the plug and I couldn't find a crush washer to fit so it's slowly leaking. Good news I suppose as it could have been something much worse but bad news as its an annoyance and I don't have a good solution for it at the moment until I'm back under there for another oil change.

Alternator I'm still not sure. New battery is holding up fine, I just keep it on a battery tender any time I park it. I believe there is a way to test the voltage/health of the alternator via the dash unit but I haven't gone that far. I suspect it's going out. Closing in on 10 years so I guess that's not that hard to believe!
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