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| malcolm2 |
 Aug 8 2016, 07:51 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,747 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States 
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I did a search and found that several years back, most of the recommendations were to find a local rebuilder to rebuild your alternator vs. buying a rebuilt one.
Is that the recommendation of the majority of folks here? I have been chasing an intermittent charging problem in another post and have pretty much come to the conclusion that my ALT is the problem. So it is coming off. This current ALT had been rebuilt by a shop in town, but it gave me trouble and had to be taken back. The shaft was moving in and out causing a clunk. It ran for about 16 months before that happened and now it has been about 12 more months since that repair. So I am a little leery of returning to my local guy and I am considering purchasing a rebuilt unit from FCPeuro.com. They have a lifetime warranty on this unit. $162 shipped. $75 of that is a core charge. https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/porsche-vo...r-412-411-al75x |
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| mepstein |
Aug 8 2016, 08:27 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,876 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Our local shop does alternators and starters in 2-3 days using our cores. About $75 - 125 depending on what the rebuild needs.
Can you take it back to your guy to fix what failed? |
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| malcolm2 |
Aug 8 2016, 08:54 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,747 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Aug 8 2016, 09:27 AM)  Our local shop does alternators and starters in 2-3 days using our cores. About $75 - 125 depending on what the rebuild needs. Can you take it back to your guy to fix what failed? After the last fix, he said he could not guarantee it any longer. I will call him tho. Cause the last problem was physical and I believe this problem to be electrical, maybe a diode. The price and turn around was good originally. $75 and a couple days. They actually did the "repair" while I waited. So you are still on the "have your own rebuilt" side vs. buying a rebuilt? Clark |
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malcolm2 BUYING an alternator Aug 8 2016, 07:51 AM
Tbrown4x4 I just had an alt fail, so I pulled it out and tor... Aug 8 2016, 10:01 AM
87m491 You say "strike", I say opportunity to s... Aug 8 2016, 01:16 PM dcheek My daily driver mechanic sent my alternator to his... Aug 8 2016, 11:20 AM malcolm2 IIRC the posts I read from my recent searches seem... Aug 8 2016, 11:40 AM JoeD For whatever it's worth, Jake Raby is wrapping... Aug 8 2016, 01:10 PM malcolm2 Thanks. I have not seen that site. I will check t... Aug 8 2016, 01:13 PM wndsnd What's it hurt to bring it to a local guy with... Aug 8 2016, 06:12 PM malcolm2
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