Naughty Truck's Alternator Replacement

Naughty Truck is a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado Classic LT. Even if it was replaced at some point, nobody can say the previous alternator quit early. I may take it apart to see how all the "alternator powder" got out. The new alternator definitely charges differently compared to the old one.

Outside of the leavings from normal wear over time, there's no such thing as alternator powder. It's a joke that the Keykeeper played on his wife prior to this video being made, similar to blinker fluid or muffler belts.

Other notes and such: While I had forgotten about this, for whatever reason, it's not possible to manually override the headlights the first time they are turned on after a loss of battery power. I have no idea if this serves an actual purpose or is just another example of Naughty Truck's various computers getting a little kooky in their increasing age. Every now and again, when chimes are called for (usually the seat belt reminder), there will for some reason be a delay before the last chime sounds. This also happens when certain "sufficiently important" messages pop up on the message center. The last chime will sometimes be delayed then as well. I'm not sure why -- a higher priority message coming along on the CAN bus? Who knows?

Ranting and Raving that you can feel totally free to skip:

While Naughty Truck generally still does most things as was Right and Proper, there are places where The Stupid in automotive engineering had begun to sneak in. The most prominent of these is the dash illumination staying on irrespective of whether the headlights or marker lamps are actually on. If it's dark enough that the headlights turn on automatically, but still light enough that you can't see them, it's possible to lose track of what state they are in if you have overridden the automatic control.

In the US market, and to the best of my knowledge, there is exactly one vehicle still on the market that doesn't have a touch screen: the full size Chevrolet Express van. I would think these are on very heavily borrowed time at this point. I'd buy one just to know that I could have at least a decade of mostly nonsense-free driving if the base price didn't start at around $40K US. (Sadly, I think GM forces the purchase of Onstar in everything they sell now, and that's a COMPLETE NOPE right there.)

Hopefully auto makers will get their heads out of their rear ends and stop it with the touch screen nonsense or I'll be able to find a sufficient supply of used vehicles in nice shape to last the rest of my driving career. There's been a serious wrong turn made when the size of a touch screen in a vehicle is considered a feature.

While I'm here, I might as well also get my hate on for Bluetooth connected or integrated cellular phones in vehicles. Not only do I not want to hear your telephone call from five cars away, I've yet to hear any of these that don't sound like five of you are calling at once from a within a sewer pipe while everyone in the background is blowing ass into a megaphone. (Hat tip to Carnelian Productions --    / carnelprod666   -- for the "blowing ass into a megaphone" line.)

Apparently not considered a prerequisite for successful operation of a motor vehicle, I would like you to know that I have eyes and am therefore aware that the check engine and airbag fault lights are on. The former I don't really care about ("minor evaporative emission control leak"), but do plan to find or fix someday when I get a Round Tuit. The latter I would actually fix, so the airbag would be there to break my face in a crash and make sure I don't get hurt, but the parts are not available. I don't know if they ever will be. I'm not chancing a still-expensive used part that will likely soon fail in the same way (driver's side impact sensor). Moisture seemingly invades the sensor circuitry and makes it stop working.

I would like to point out that The Algorithm knows what it's doing and Shall Not Be Questioned. It recommended this:    • "The old internet is gone, let it go."   and this    • Customer States He Blames The Shop Fo...   alongside this video.

Opinions are not only obnoxious and closer than they appear, they are also mine and mine alone. Don't use them to determine the distance from an object. You could drive into it and deploy the tax code.

I really need to stop editing this and go make my dinner.