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re: the great part house auto parts makers alternator rip off
Posted on 7/25/18 at 9:40 am to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 7/25/18 at 9:40 am to Tigeralum2008
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older guys, has it always been a thing that you gotta replace the battery when the alternator goes out?
This is a thing? I've never done that, nor will I ever do that. Diesels take two batteries, frick hat nonsense.
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Posted on 7/25/18 at 9:41 am to keakar
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its so infuriating to have to spend $200-$400 to replace the whole alternator
You can buy a rebuilt one with a warranty for about half of this
Posted on 7/25/18 at 9:46 am to cgrand
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members only jacket.
I’d have left you on the side of the road
only if it were a fake baw... if it was real, you got a ride brah!
Posted on 7/25/18 at 9:58 am to keakar
Back in the day there was a grease fitting on the water pump to keep the bearings lubed. You almost never had a water pump go bad.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 10:04 am to keakar
I can get an alternator for my truck for $60 
Posted on 7/25/18 at 10:19 am to Tigeralum2008
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same thing for the AC compressor clutch
In my case, the clutch went bad but the rest of the compressor was still working. Since I was at 200k miles, it made sense for me to replace the entire thing since the system needed to be opened up anyway and not have to have the cost of that labor again if the compressor went out later.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 10:24 am to keakar
When my alternator went out it whined like a banshee then made a grinding noise. I think it was legitimately kaput.
Posted on 7/25/18 at 10:33 am to Steadyhands
I had:
Bad battery
Bad alternator
Bad reman alternator
Gauge cluster pulling current when truck was off
Speaker amp pulling current when truck was off
Was a huge PITA to figure out, but a decent multimeter and some money was all it took
Eta: The constant draw-downs caused the battery to go bad. The constant charging of a completely dead battery caused the alternator to go bad
Bad battery
Bad alternator
Bad reman alternator
Gauge cluster pulling current when truck was off
Speaker amp pulling current when truck was off
Was a huge PITA to figure out, but a decent multimeter and some money was all it took
Eta: The constant draw-downs caused the battery to go bad. The constant charging of a completely dead battery caused the alternator to go bad
This post was edited on 7/25/18 at 10:35 am
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:03 pm to Wtodd
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its so infuriating to have to spend $200-$400 to replace the whole alternator
You can buy a rebuilt one with a warranty for about half of this
nope, $400 is for a brand new one or $225 for a remanufactured/rebuilt one
i went with reman at those prices of course
Posted on 7/25/18 at 5:11 pm to Tigeralum2008
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older guys, has it always been a thing that you gotta replace the battery when the alternator goes out?
not really, but its fairly common for battery go bad as a result of a fricked up alternator
the average person doesnt investigate why the battery is dead they just replace it, then they have more issues and actually check the alternator and then find out its bad
Posted on 7/25/18 at 6:51 pm to AnorexicGator
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members only jacket
No need to say any more
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