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that these alternators have a clutch
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Not all of them do. The units with a spray clutch seize only in the clockwise direction, the engine can still be rotated counter clockwise when these fail.
I've had cars shipped to me from 2000 miles away that were supposedly failed, and this was all that was wrong with them. I told one guy to remove the belt and try to start the engine; but, he was so convinced that it was blown up that he just sent the car anyway.
I fixed it in 45 minutes and called to tell him that he could save his 20K. he was so blown away that he spent 10K on performance and preventatives while the car was with us.
This failure fools lots of people. I bought a core engine for 500 bucks once, and all that was wrong with it was a failed alternator.