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

[Juillerat, Aaron J]

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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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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