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2000mc · 01-31-2015, 01:57 PM

Voltage regulator / rectifier shorted out, blew the main fuse. So it was like turning off the key while cruising at 60mph. If I had a crystal ball I could have disconnected the regulator and then replaced the main fuse and got it home on battery power, but w/o a crystal ball, I had to trailer it

01-31-2015, 01:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
2000mc herp derp Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 1,049 Saturn-sold - '99 saturn sc1 Team Saturn 90 day: 28.28 mpg (US) Yukon - '03 GMC Yukon Denali 90 day: 13.74 mpg (US) Thanks: 43 Thanked 331 Times in 233 Posts	Voltage regulator / rectifier shorted out, blew the main fuse. So it was like turning off the key while cruising at 60mph. If I had a crystal ball I could have disconnected the regulator and then replaced the main fuse and got it home on battery power, but w/o a crystal ball, I had to trailer it