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Can I do any damage if I try to start car without alternator ..?

I removed the alternator, fan shroud, and took belt off the AC to do it. The shroud will be going out for powder coating and in the mean time I am eliminating clifford alarm. I am to the point that I need to put battery in and test to make sure it will still fire, that I did not remove any wrong wires. will I do any damage if I turn it over a few times?

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it will not do any harm...just don't run it for a long time.
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And make sure to tape off the ends of the cables that attach to the alternator. You don't want any fireworks!
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Well, she won't wrong for long as the spark plug will quicklt drain the battery. When my alternator went out, I did not realize it but the spark plugs while running completely drain my battery Makes sense alternator can't recharge the battery.
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Probably best to have a charger on the battery and not turn the lights on......
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A '69 911E can drive from Daytona Florida to some place in northern Georgia on battery power alone. Don't ask me how I know. ;-)

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