Alternator in '99 PSD
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Alternator in '99 PSD
Started my truck and immediately smelled something burning. Popped the hood and the alternator was frozen. AutoZone has a rebuild guaranteed for life for $150. Good choice? Also, there is some rubber build-up in the grooves of the pulleys. What is a good solvent to clean them with? Any recommendations for a new belt? Thanks to all.
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Originally Posted by milesg
Started my truck and immediately smelled something burning. Popped the hood and the alternator was frozen. AutoZone has a rebuild guaranteed for life for $150. Good choice? Also, there is some rubber build-up in the grooves of the pulleys. What is a good solvent to clean them with? Any recommendations for a new belt? Thanks to all.
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I'm going for this hi output alternator - props to SASPECHT here on the board for giving me the info
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Just a warning about stuff thats "reman" alternator from pep boys autozone etc.
The lifetime warrenty is nice, but in the instance of my buddies contour. His alternator is a bitch to get to, and he got 5 bad alternators from them. We went through and checked everything because how the hell do you get 3 bad alternators in a row. The next after that lasted a couple weeks, the one after that was bad out of the box. The 6th one actually worked.
I usally go to a small local shop for an alternator. I paid 90$ for a reman and it works perfect.
The lifetime warrenty is nice, but in the instance of my buddies contour. His alternator is a bitch to get to, and he got 5 bad alternators from them. We went through and checked everything because how the hell do you get 3 bad alternators in a row. The next after that lasted a couple weeks, the one after that was bad out of the box. The 6th one actually worked.
I usally go to a small local shop for an alternator. I paid 90$ for a reman and it works perfect.
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That's why I went with new, John. But had I seen the 200A job for $50 more I would've jumped on that one. The only one I found was close to $350, so I just went with the new AZ one. I've been through the revolving alternators with my wife's Astro, and as bad as that one is to get in & out, I got pretty darned good at it. Fortunately, ours is a 15 minuite R&R, but that thought did cross my mind. If it wasn't such an easy job, I wouldn't have gone with the cheapest (new) option...
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The warrenty is nice but you'll be going through a lot of them. I got a genuine motocraft from powerstrokeshop.com, 115 amp, just about 20 buck more after the core.
That high output deal looks cool, who makes it? Does it last?
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That high output deal looks cool, who makes it? Does it last?
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i got that info from an FTE member (AustinS) - maybe he'll chime in on how it's holding up for him?
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Spend the $20 more now, and get New, not reman. the New also has the lifetime warr. Have them bench test it right out of the box. I put 4 remans in one day on at AZone, before i figured out to have them test it first.
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Doesn't anybody rebuild their own any more?
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Originally Posted by John311t
Just a warning about stuff thats "reman" alternator from pep boys autozone etc.
The lifetime warrenty is nice, but in the instance of my buddies contour. His alternator is a bitch to get to, and he got 5 bad alternators from them. We went through and checked everything because how the hell do you get 3 bad alternators in a row. The next after that lasted a couple weeks, the one after that was bad out of the box. The 6th one actually worked.
I usally go to a small local shop for an alternator. I paid 90$ for a reman and it works perfect.
The lifetime warrenty is nice, but in the instance of my buddies contour. His alternator is a bitch to get to, and he got 5 bad alternators from them. We went through and checked everything because how the hell do you get 3 bad alternators in a row. The next after that lasted a couple weeks, the one after that was bad out of the box. The 6th one actually worked.
I usally go to a small local shop for an alternator. I paid 90$ for a reman and it works perfect.
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I just submitted this thread, I really like the 6G casing idea, will see how it all turns out.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...-on-order.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...-on-order.html
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