[Shotimes] Re: ATX Alternator, is it a PITA?

[Jack Dalzotto]

Well, thanks to all.  I got the alternator installed tonight.  It was a
breeze, finding the right tools was the hardest part.  Someone seems to like
to scatter my tools from one end of the garage to the next.

Tomorrow, we'll see how the rebuilt unit likes a 7k blast.

Thanks again.
Jack


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[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Juillerat, Aaron J
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:27 AM
To: Jack Dalzotto; Shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: ATX Alternator, is it a PITA?


You can shop around and find a rebuild shop that will save you $15 or
so, but that is about it.  Also if memory serves, our local parts plus
chain here in Cincy had them for around $160.  But yeah terrible price.

-A.J.

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Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:20 AM
To: Hartberger, Jason M. AT2 (AW); Shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: ATX Alternator, is it a PITA?

Thanks to all that replied.  I got it from here.  I've never done an
alternator on a FWD car, sometimes things aren't in the easiest place to

get to, sounds like this is pretty straight forward.

Now... to come to terms with spending $175 on an alternator!  I asked
the gal at Autozone if she'd throw in a set of wipers or something,
cushon the blow a little.  :)  On top of that, $20 in kerosene to warm
the garage up, it's cold here in northern michigan.  Why can't these
things happen in the summertime?

Thanks!
Jack



Hartberger, Jason M. AT2 (AW) wrote:

>Replacing alternators, I think, is one of the easiest jobs on the SHO.
>With some practice, it can be done in under 20 minutes.
>First, you have to take the battery out and take the battery tray off.
>That's three 8 or 10mm bolts, one on top, two on the side... but you
>don't really have to get this off if you can't. Next, take (I think) a
>15mm socket and torque down the drive belt tensioner (right in front
>[car-wise] of the power steering pump on the top) clockwise to release
>tension on the accessory belt. This can be painful on the knuckles if
>you couldn't get the battery tray off. Take the belt off. Release the
>tensioner (carefully). After that, it's simple. You can see three of
the
>bolts on the corners, and a fourth one faces the front of the car.
Don't
>forget to take the B+ terminal off the alternator, that's the really
>thick wire held on by a nut, and unplug the electrical connector as
>well. That's it... the alternator's out. Installation is pretty much
>reverse of removal.
>Keep in mind it's been a little while since I've done this, and I'm in
>the middle of the Persian Gulf in an aircraft carrier so I don't have
>any handy visual references :)
>
>V/R
>AT2(AW) Jason "Hoser" Hartberger
>DX Production Supervisor
>USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
>AIMD/IM-3/Shops 8&10
>01-54-0-Q/j-7877
>
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>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jack Dalzotto
>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 9:48 AM
>To: Shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] ATX Alternator, is it a PITA?
>
>Hi All,
>
>The 95 ATX is begging for my attention today, in the form of a bad
>alternator.  It's whining like crazy (similar to how I whined when I
>heard a new one is $175) and putting out next to nothing as far as amps

>go.
>How hard is it to replace on these cars?  If I remember right it is
>right in front next to the battery, but I never really looked to see
>where the bolts are.
>
>Is it a pain or will it be smooth sailing?
>Thanks
>Jack
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