Yeah, 2499xx miles and the original alternator started making a low whining noise and I could smell burning electonics while driving. Today I checked it out at work and pulled up "bad diode pattern". So I swapped in the used one I bought off Vikash ages ago. The old one will be rubuilt as soon as I can get it done. Maybe I'll even anodize it and put it's name in gold leaf under clear coat!
Probably not.
Just another advantage to machines over people - unless you're name is Lazarus, you ain't gettin' resurrected.
Steve
Methusela finally kicks - almost dead alternator
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Methusela finally kicks - almost dead alternator
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Re: Methusela finally kicks - almost dead alternator
evolutionmovement wrote: Just another advantage to machines over people - unless you're name is Lazarus, you ain't gettin' resurrected.
Steve
LOL LOL LOL
That made me laugh for some reason.
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Hehe, I'm glad you had the foresight to pick that used one up off me way back then... (musta been more than a year ago, no?)
I heard rebuild parts cost more than whole rebuilt alternators -- where were you gonna get the rebuild kit? Or were you just gonna replace the diodes?
I heard rebuild parts cost more than whole rebuilt alternators -- where were you gonna get the rebuild kit? Or were you just gonna replace the diodes?
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I don't know. I need to find out how much it will all cost either way, though I will rebuild this unit one way or another. It deserves it and I would trust it more than the crap they sell at the auto parts places (like the garbage Bosch products we get that come back for re-replacement all the time).
Steve
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