In my research on this site I came across a couple things that I wasn't looking for and filed them in my steel trap for later.

1. Someone was referring to the alternator and said "replace that alternator now, not later". I see there are two kinds of alternators at DMC. Is it just one of them that is bad? Is it that bad that I shouldn't wait to replace it? How do I tell if I have the bad one?

2. I also read somewhere that I should replace the starter with a eagle starter. Does that mean an AMC Eagle? Is that something I should do now also rather than wait for mine to fail?