Good job on the cheap fix, Gotta say 88 was a good year for Dodge, I bought an 88 Dodge colt 3 years old in 91 (just finished High School) with 28k for 3100.00 - what a deal! got 2500 for my d50 pickup that was totalled so it cost 600.00 - all I ever did was change the alternator once, maybe 3...