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I just went through a similar problem. If the alternator light (in the instrument cluster) isn't illuminated with key-on, engine-off, you'll never get a charge out of the alternator.

Do you have this?

(Funny story: I didn't, so I yanked the cluster, dropped in a brand-new bulb, put everything back together and *still* didn't have the light. So I spent half a day with a multimeter and the wiring diagrams trying to figure out what else could be the problem. Then it dawned on me: Maybe the bulb I put in was defective? So, yank the cluster again and -- sure enough -- the "new" bulb was "pre-burned out." )

But it also sounds like you're losing / lost the bearings in the alternator. So... One step at a time.

Maybe pull the A/C - Alternator belt and spin the pulley by hand? It ought to spin "like buttah."