My '68 Galaxie 500 is having some electrical troubles lately. Last week I noticed my alternator light was on. Disconnected the battery cable while car was running and it died. Deduced from that it was a bad alternator. Swapped it out with the one from my '67 and it's been good for about a week. I just ran out and noticed the alternator light on again when I started the car. Presumably this alternator is dead too.
I'm guessing a bad voltage regulator is probably my problem. I figure if it lets the alternator go at full charge indefinitely it could fry it in a short amount of time. I think I'm gonna run out and get a new voltage regulator and alternator, but before I do I'd like to know if the voltage regulator will cure the problem, or if there is something else that could be causing it (if so, how do I troubleshoot it?). Thanks.
Cory