it's my fiancee's car, i have been fixing it now for almost a year, first it was the timing belt, it was off by 2 teeth, then it started burning oil, i just keep adding when it gets low, now it's the battery. i charged it, drove the car, it had to be completely charged, ran fine, shut it off, went out the next day, it didn't start, battery was dead. i removed a light from the drivers side door that wouldn't shut off, now the dinger won't stop, i need to know how to shut off the dinger for good, and if anyone could point me to a website that has instructions on how to replace the alternator. i know how to replace an alternator, done it on my own vehicles, but i don't buy foreign, and volvo doesn't quite come under the domestic category, even if it is a ford motor company, in a manner of speaking. i found out when changing brake pads that i needed star tips to drop the calipers, i don't feel like running into any surprises when i go to change the alternator, and as tight as it is already, once i'm in there, i don't want to have to get out with nothing accomplished. thanks for the help.