Fifty bucks for a 500 amp carbon pile load tester from the Frightening Harbor store is a bargain. When you believe your car battery is charged, connect it. leave engine running. Load battery to 12.7
Allow around 12 amps for fuel pump and 10 more for fan if running. Homer Simpson alternator check. It's better meaning more accurate if you use an inductive DC current meter on the alternator output cable.
It's absolute fact unscrupulous vendors buy rolls and rolls of adhesive disc alphanumerical date code and update them. That's why OEM uses BRANDING IRONS and melt the code in the edge of the lid of the jar. Shows day and shift of assembly. Filling and greening are deduced from there.
