alternator swap
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alternator swap
For all the Ford guys: Will a Superduty alternator fit a 3.0 escape motor??? I'm having to drive 120 miles to get my daughter's escape because of alternator failure for the 3rd time and I have the old alternator from my SD sitting in my garage. I haven't done or seen the escape alternator out of the vehicle because it's always been done at a dealership so I don't know the differences, but wondering if they'll interchange. 03 escape and 04 SD 6.0?
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I did a little checking when I had time and they don't at all. I finally got it home after stopping to charge the battery off of my truck twice. Had the battery checked twice at the service desk before taking it back to the escape (after charging it on a trickle charger) and it tested good however when it went for a total system check the battery failed and was replaced. The alternator still isn't charging though even with only 30K miles on it, and it's a motorcraft (3rd). My next door neighbor's dad has an alternator/starter shop and he's going to tear it down and check it for free to see why it failed with so few miles and hopefully upgrade the failed part. Escapes are a pain to work on--grrrrrrr. I'll stick with my 'Duty.
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I did a little checking when I had time and they don't at all. I finally got it home after stopping to charge the battery off of my truck twice. Had the battery checked twice at the service desk before taking it back to the escape (after charging it on a trickle charger) and it tested good however when it went for a total system check the battery failed and was replaced. The alternator still isn't charging though even with only 30K miles on it, and it's a motorcraft (3rd). My next door neighbor's dad has an alternator/starter shop and he's going to tear it down and check it for free to see why it failed with so few miles and hopefully upgrade the failed part. Escapes are a pain to work on--grrrrrrr. I'll stick with my 'Duty.
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I just got done replacing the water pump on a '91 Honda Accord. Which, of course, is driven by the timing belt, which is under the front cover, which is under the front drive pulley, the alternator, the power steering pump, the left engine mount, the ... etc. I even had the damn valve cover off.
If anything else goes wrong with this car, I'm driving it off a cliff. Or pushing it.
If anything else goes wrong with this car, I'm driving it off a cliff. Or pushing it.
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Sounds like the old AMC and Mopar days.
To remove the rear spark plugs it was easiest to remove the
front tires and go in through the wheel wheels!
From the top the A/C condenser/compressor (not sure which?)
did a great job of hiding the plugs too.
Of course nowadays things last for 100k or more, versus the "old"
days of adjusting the distributor springs/weights and using a timing light!
To remove the rear spark plugs it was easiest to remove the
front tires and go in through the wheel wheels!
From the top the A/C condenser/compressor (not sure which?)
did a great job of hiding the plugs too.
Of course nowadays things last for 100k or more, versus the "old"
days of adjusting the distributor springs/weights and using a timing light!
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This is really my first solo attempt at front wheel drive work, and after FINALLY getting the alternator wiggled out (I'd like to boot some engineers rear end for that fiasco) I discovered that the only difference in the escape alt. and superduty alt is that the escape has a SMALLER pulley!!!! I believe they are even the same amperage (110?) After changing the pulley, which is MUCH better on the escape, I finally solved the puzzle of how it slips back in and spent the next hour trying to solve the belt puzzle (no diagram). It WORKS like a champ. Now I just have to find the missing shield that's supposed to be there to protect it from mud/water (yeah right).
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Sounds like the old AMC and Mopar days.
To remove the rear spark plugs it was easiest to remove the
front tires and go in through the wheel wheels!
From the top the A/C condenser/compressor (not sure which?)
did a great job of hiding the plugs too.
Of course nowadays things last for 100k or more, versus the "old"
days of adjusting the distributor springs/weights and using a timing light!
To remove the rear spark plugs it was easiest to remove the
front tires and go in through the wheel wheels!
From the top the A/C condenser/compressor (not sure which?)
did a great job of hiding the plugs too.
Of course nowadays things last for 100k or more, versus the "old"
days of adjusting the distributor springs/weights and using a timing light!
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