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=== Inspect the hardware === If you notice white powder on the brackets or hardware, you have electrolysis going on (mounts are aluminum and hardware/engine is steel... what were they thinking??) Remove and media or water blast them. If you are a "stickler" install a copper braid strap from a good ground on the alternator to a good ground on the engine block. This will assure good electrical performance and eliminate mounting brackets from being important to the electrical ground path. Get some electrical bonding paste for aluminum wire and coat the bolts and mounts, anywhere they touch steel... That should give you a much better unit than you can buy over the counter... that will probably out live the car.
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