[engoulev]

Replaced alternator with a champion alternator on my odyssey 2000 with 256k miles. Was making a whining noise. As I read on the topic, it appear it was a diode or more than one that was damaged. As it was the original alternator I assumed the alternator was finished and it was the problem but I verified first just to make sure that contacts battery to cable and=or cable were fine. Also verified connector to the alternator. Did a resistance test on every wire I could see just to make sure it was not a combination of wire problems and alternator problem. Removing and replacing is quite straight forward. It's a tight fit. No more whining noise. New alternator is working well.