So I drive my six home today..... and the @$#@#$%#$ alternator takes a on me!!!


The light is on and there is no charge. Anyone want to come over and pull my alternator for me??? I can't get motivated to do it.

What are you doing HOME so early... get back to work!

I did have some fun on the way home...

I had a guy in a silver Carrera GT flash his lights and wave at me.

And some guy in a Ford almost rear ended the car in front of him trying to see what my car was....

QUOTE (tommy914 @ Oct 14 2005, 02:33 PM)

What are you doing HOME so early... get back to work!

This is the company's way of paying me back for sitting in a hotel room in a strange city. If I am in town and not on a job with a customer, I can leave at noon.

Hey Clay, I will volunteer to help R/R your alternator if you want. I will be busy celibrating my daughter's baptism on Sunday but maybe Saturday, or even this evening on the removal. I'm not sure if I mentioned it to you or not, but when I was replacing ground wires on the back of my alt the other day, I started looking at how hard it would be without pulled the entire engine...I really think it's do-able. Not fun I know.. but I'm willing to lend a hand.

Doug C

Give me a call if you want me help you out on this, I'd be glad to. Also, I have that Bosch alternator in my garage that needs to be rebuilt if you want it. Have it rebuilt while you remove your blown one, to save some time. Come to think of it..maybe you shouldn't have picked it up yesterday, it might have voodoo-ed you . Anyway, let me know.

Doug C

Feel for you, no matter how you do it, that job's a bitch

Don

did ya check the belt?

(hadda ask...)

(and no, as near as i can tell, it never ends ...)

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Oct 14 2005, 04:31 PM)

did ya check the belt? (hadda ask...) (and no, as near as i can tell, it never ends ...)

First thing I did. It's visible with the v-rib setup I have and it's still in place.

Plus the light comes on and goes off at random intervals.

I am going to try a new voltage regulator first.......

QUOTE

I did have some fun on the way home... I had a guy in a silver Carrera GT flash his lights and wave at me.

And ask if you needed a jump.

QUOTE

And some guy in a Ford almost rear ended the car in front of him trying to see what my car was....

And you r car was: Rolling to a stop.



Comne on, it's funny, later.. maybe, when this thread is in the cornfield.

I'm sorry!

:cry:


M

Miles,

No worries about the jokes.


Actually, after 6 or 7 hours, it's kinda funny. But I was really pissed at the time.....





Now I just want it fixed so I can drive the bloody thing!

Yes.. I hate it when it breaks... but I fix it.

Sounds like a fun job!



M

Soo.. I went and got the proper regulator for the marchal alternator I have on my six yesterday. I finally got to install it this morning.


No joy. Still just the battery voltage, no charge from the alternator.


So tomorrow I am off to Zims to purchase a new alternator.


Now to figure out how to put it in without pulling the whole engine.

Clay
I'll help, just drive it up, I have all the tools we need in my garage

QUOTE (qa1142 @ Oct 16 2005, 07:57 PM)

Clay I'll help, just drive it up, I have all the tools we need in my garage

Thanks, but I don't think it would make it running on just the battery.


I think there was an article here somewhere on how to remove the alternator on a six without pulling the motor.

Gotta search for it.

Good luck Clay, I know I saw that thread too..

Soon, you'll be back out on the road, eating gallons of petrol, at 3.98 a gallon!




M

QUOTE (redshift @ Oct 16 2005, 08:03 PM)

Good luck Clay, I know I saw that thread too.. Soon, you'll be back out on the road, eating gallons of petrol, at 3.98 a gallon! M

Miles,

Gas here is down to about 2.50 a gallon......

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Oct 16 2005, 09:19 PM)

Now to figure out how to put it in without pulling the whole engine.

Kim Knutilla did a really good thread - it's in the Classics section.

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Oct 16 2005, 10:10 PM)

Miles, Gas here is down to about 2.50 a gallon......

Yeah, today.... but your car isn't going to run until tomorrow..




M

You own a 914, there is no end.

I think the best way...

Pull the intake manifolds and fuel lines

Unbolt the cooling plastic on top of the motor

Undo the strap holding the alternator onto the top.

Getting to the wires of the alternator is the tricky part.