Change the alternator? BETTER HOPE NOT!

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Fieronut, Nov 15, 2008.

  1. Fieronut

    Fieronut Guest

    Ever tried to change the alternator on a '2000 3.8 T&C van? IT’S NO
    FUN!

    1st, you gotta take out the entire windshield wiper assembly. This give
    you space to remove the TOO many bolts holding the alternator in place.
    You’ll find the TOP plate (the one with the top alternator bolt) held i
    by 3 bolts when 2 would do. Then the manual says to remove the lowe
    plate. That one is held in by 3 bolts you can see and one only reachabl
    from under the car. One each place would have been sufficient bu
    frankly, both could have been made reachable from the top.

    In fact, I learned it was not necessary to remove that plate at ALL, sinc
    I got the alternator out without removing it. It was hard but I did it.

    But the REAL problem was installing the new serpentine belt. IT WAS JUS
    TOO SHORT! I measured and it was the same length as the old one but i
    just didn’t work. I finally had to go buy a new belt that was abou
    2†longer. It worked just fine. Maybe the new alternator had a large
    pulley. Dunno.

    So I actually spent the better part of a whole day R&R-ing that thing.
    NEVER wanna do THAT again!

    Joh

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    Fieronut, Nov 15, 2008
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  2. Fieronut

    aarcuda69062 Guest

    Yes, many times.
    That's why it's called 'work'.
    You're damn lucky Chrysler thought to make that possible.
    You sure you routed it correctly?
    You didn't check it first?
    66 minute job.
    Then you really aren't going to like doing the power steering pump and
    you really REALLY wouldn't like doing the alternator on a GM minivan.
     
    aarcuda69062, Nov 16, 2008
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  3. gm sure didn't make it easy on their minivans
     
    man of machines, Nov 16, 2008
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