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> Alternator Replacement SUCKS!!
Britain Smith
post Mar 15 2005, 01:30 PM
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So, the bearing in my alternator went out at the autocross this last weekend and luckly I made it home alright. I then spent all Sat. night replacing it and I must say that some junior engineer was on crack when he designed the placement on our cars. That had to have been the most frustrating work that I have done on that car in a while. You can't get to anything without removing everything, you have to take off the back cover and unhook the wiring while holding it up in the car, and all those damn cheese head bolts do not want to cooperate. Well, it is all fixed now and I am good to go...rant over.

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SirAndy
post Mar 15 2005, 01:42 PM
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QUOTE (Britain Smith @ Mar 15 2005, 11:30 AM)
rant over

took me about 4 hours (with cursing/drinking brakes) and that was with the car on a lift for easy access from underneath (really helps a lot) ...

in retrospect, i should have dropped the engine. would have been faster ....
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Britain Smith   Alternator Replacement SUCKS!!   Mar 15 2005, 01:30 PM
tat2dphreak   I don't care what enyone says, it really takes...   Mar 15 2005, 01:33 PM
SirAndy     Mar 15 2005, 02:29 PM
trekkor   I did the job many years ago, in the dark, cold, w...   Mar 15 2005, 02:35 PM
Dave_Darling   There's a "charging system troubleshooting" gu...   Mar 15 2005, 03:58 PM
martinef1963   I did mine two weekends ago and even though it was...   Mar 15 2005, 08:43 PM
Dr. Roger   The 13.8 to 14.2 V reading on a volt/ohm meter mig...   Mar 15 2005, 11:00 PM

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