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Old 09-14-2009, 12:28 AM
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Have you checked the alternator output?
Wouldn't the alternator output be at the battery post when car is running?
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Wouldn't the alternator output be at the battery post when car is running?
Maybe, but it would also be reading any result of the voltage going through the battery. If there is any resistance in the battery it would show up at the posts. Can you check voltage right at the alternator?
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Maybe, but it would also be reading any result of the voltage going through the battery. If there is any resistance in the battery it would show up at the posts. Can you check voltage right at the alternator?
I checked at the Alternator tonight. 12.1v car off, 11.6v car running. This Alternator is for sure putting nothing out.
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Yes, this is what I have heard. I do remember doing a volt check as soon as I put the Alternator back in and it was in the 13's. I just went with it since I really didn't want to pull it back out. Oh well. It's coming out in the next few days as my Expedition my wife is using now is also giving me issues. Never ends.
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Yes, this is what I have heard. I do remember doing a volt check as soon as I put the Alternator back in and it was in the 13's. I just went with it since I really didn't want to pull it back out. Oh well. It's coming out in the next few days as my Expedition my wife is using now is also giving me issues. Never ends.
My wifes's Honda Accord needed a timing belt that was &475. We ended up spending about $1,100 before it was over. Right. It never ends.
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I'm new here, and I've been through this entire thread and I didn't see this one, and just learned it myself.

I have a 2006 X5 with the business CD. (also an icelink for the CD changer).

If you are using the business CD (not the changer), and using an MP3 CD (burned from iTunes, where each album is in it's own folder), pressing M and Next track skips to the next album/folder.
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Has anyone mentioned the straps under the spare tire that raise it up to you? I found it in the manual, there's a handle aft of the tire that pops into the tailgate. Then, when you lower the tailgate, it pulls on the straps under the spare tire and lifts it up and towards you. This way you don't have to throw your back out trying to get your spare out of the trunk
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Has anyone mentioned the straps under the spare tire that raise it up to you? I found it in the manual, there's a handle aft of the tire that pops into the tailgate. Then, when you lower the tailgate, it pulls on the straps under the spare tire and lifts it up and towards you. This way you don't have to throw your back out trying to get your spare out of the trunk
My 4.8is doesn't have this! I have to break my back....
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