slick Posted September 5, 2003 Report Posted September 5, 2003 And it sucks. Past few days, the idiot battery light was coming on. I would notice that my blinker took longer and longer to blink. Coming home from an appointment today, my speedo starts going crazy. I pull up to a stop light with my turn signal on, but it wasn't doing nothing. Started to pull away, and the engine felt sluggish. It was doing 3000 rpm and barely going anywhere. Pulled it into the driveway, it about died. So i popped the hood, just to see if i could hear anything. Shut it off, now it won't start back up! Looks like I'm driving the bonneville for a few days. So, how hard is it to change the alternator? Oh, and I forgot to mention, the sticker on it says NAPA brand, so its been changed before. Why doesn't that seem to suprise me? Quote
grandprix104 Posted September 5, 2003 Report Posted September 5, 2003 what engine? if its the 3.1/3100 its REALLY easy. Just a few bolts and removeing the belt. The alt shouldnt be too expensive either. I would reccommend an autolite because their remans have more newer parts in them than some factory installed alts SERIOUSLY! Quote
mdelorie Posted September 6, 2003 Report Posted September 6, 2003 How confident are you about taking apart an alternator? Changing an alternator is a piece of cake.... two connectors, a belt and three bolts. but, you can save yourself a WACK of cash by trying to replace the regulator board. Mine just went on me yesterday, and that's what I did... Took about an hour to change the board, and it was my first time ever taking apart an alternator. Regulator board: $23 CDN at Lordco Bosch Alternator: $184 at Lordco El-cheapo Alternator: $163 at Lordco so, by doing that, I saved myself like 160 bucks... I'm really suprised that your car lasted that long with no alternator. Mine went about 15 minutes. (but I had my stereo cranked pretty good) Quote
runt Posted September 6, 2003 Report Posted September 6, 2003 If I'm not mistaken, and I probably am, isn't the regulator built into the Alt in our cars? Quote
Bolt_Crank Posted September 6, 2003 Report Posted September 6, 2003 If I'm not mistaken, and I probably am, isn't the regulator built into the Alt in our cars? it's inside the casing, yeah, but alts come apart for rebuilding purposes.... and I'm praying my Alt doesn't die for a long while... it's a bit more work for me, than it is for you.... good ol' DOHC, lol Quote
Reapper Posted September 7, 2003 Report Posted September 7, 2003 Mine just went out today. It really sucked. Had a car load of people and I was saying good things about my car for the past couple days. Must have jinxed it. Got to pick up the new one in the morning they quoted me at like $120 for a new one. Took it out in about 20 mins or so. Just had a hard time seeing where the plastic clip was connected at. Stupid brother-in-law was trying to pry it out and couldn't tell that there was a bar still attached and the clip was still holding on to a line on the bottom side. I'm glad I stoped him before he broke anything. It's really simple to do thou just have to look at it. You don't have to force anything. Good luck to ya and I hope it works out just fine. Laterz, William Grimmer Quote
slick Posted September 8, 2003 Author Report Posted September 8, 2003 Yep, easy. I just bought a new one. I was gonna go with a higher ouput alternator(spelling) for the stereo, but I ended up not. Had to get a new battery too, kinda sucked. Quote
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