Battery died

That's pretty good. Did they ever come up dead from lights left on etc?

"Did they ever come up dead from lights left on etc? " There is a chance that they will if you have a battery charger that can charge between 1 the and 2amp rates. You may find that the battery amp/hour capacity is reduced.

No. Every battery death seems different, doesn't it? Sometimes they just go completely dead with no warning. This time it started cranking a little slower a couple of weeks ago. Then the other night, after stalling (I still do that once in a while), it barely re-started. The next morning it started right up. But while driving on the freeway I noticed weird things like the speedo needle jiggling, the temp gauge bounced around all over the place. I thought I had driven into the Bermuda Triangle. I was concerned it was the alternator (actually, I still am), but everything seems normal so far with the new battery.

Hey Frank, If it is your alternator and you are considering a used one, I still have the one from my 1996 model with 75,000 miles. It was working perfectly when the car went down and shipping from Austin to Dallas would be cheap.

Just a thought, I'll probably put it on Ebay eventually but I would make you a good deal if you could use it.

Pat

Have you cleaned and/or checked for tightness all the relevent connections?

There was some corrosion on one of the battery posts, but everything was tight. I cleaned it up a bit and the new battery is working fine. I think the old one just died.