^He sprayed the radiator support and strut towers, but nothing was stripped or disconnected as far as i know.

I checked all the grounds that I could see/get to and everything looked to be in place.

I'll probably just stick a new alternator in there tomorrow. I work at an autoparts distribution warehouse so I can get one for ... just don't wana spend the cash if I don't have to ya know?

Like I said before, I think at one point some moisture got into this alternator for one reason or another and it's given me this same problem with draining the battery and all. Perhaps this is it's way of telling me it's ready to walk into the white light and get burried in a core bank somewhere. lol.