[DML] alternator took a vacation

[saintern <saintern@xxxx>]

Well I finally had the first problem with the Delorean. Being a nice
day out for once, I took it out and everything was fine until I tried to
start it after turning it off for about 5 minutes at a friends house.
The car started up fine and ran for about another 5 minutes until it
started to hestitiate then finally nothing....the car just shut down
totally, no lights nothing. So , after talking with Rob at PJ Grady's
I'm pretty sure the alternator is shot. Does anyone have a good
alternative to the $360 delco unit that Rob has, or is anyone selling a
used one in good condition? The odd part is that after taking the
battery out of the car and charging it at home, the car started up and
after a few minutes started to hesitate this time on a large highway on
the way home. Hoping not to have to leave my car on the side of the
road, I gunned the engine to try to get a little extra power to at least
get me to the next exit and all of a sudden the car came "back to life"
in that all the electrical items came back to light (especially the dash
light with was totally out at first). Has anybody had these problems?
-Donald Kazmark
vin 3541