Charging system gremlin

When the ‘67 Barracuda got hot and puked rusty coolant water durning the 4th of July parade, the crap got inside the alternator, and apparently wiped it out.

I watched “how to test the alternator” online, then I tried it on my alternator - and it was not putting out a charge to the battery. Pulled the alternator and it is missing a diode…(see photo).

So, I installed old alternator that I had on a shelf (unknown condition), and it did not charge either. New one ordered. Hope that’s it...

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