I just removed and reinstalled my alternator on my 1971T as I was doing some clean-up work on the fan and housing. After reinstalling the alternator/fan assembly, the car started and ran fine but on test drive the belt sounded too tight. I loosened it, restarted the car and ran it for an extended run. Everything seemed fine, with no unusual flashing or blinking of the alternator light, but the turn signals stopped working near the end of the drive. I checked the lights while driving, they worked fine, and upon checking the turn signal fuse found no problem there.

The car sat for a few days, and when I next tried to start it it was completely dead - no lights, no starter turnover, nothing. I pulled the alternator and confirmed that I had the four wires on correctly, but am not sure that I installed the ground strap correctly - I had attached it to one of the 6 alternator mount bolts on the fan housing.

Any suggestions about what's going on?

Thanks for the help.