alternator help

[97_Raptor]

ok, my car has been dying on me lately and when I jump it, it will run and start as long as I don't leave it setting for a long time like over night. Anyways, i took it to autozone and they tested the battery and they said it was fine and then the alternator and it tested at 11.5v at 2000 RPM so they said it was a bad alternator. So......I need to take it off and I have no ramps, only a jack and a handful of tools. I need this fixed before the weekend so I can enjoy the lake and the hot chicks, so help me out here!

Is it really the alternator or could it be something else?

How easy/hard is it to take it off?

Whats the best/quickest way to take it off?

 

[jdmjason]

you might have a short somewhere too, if the battery is draining.

 

[97_Raptor]

i kinda have that gut feeling that it isn't a short. BTW, how the hell do you get the Alternator fuse out?

 

[Cheks_Talon_TSi]

Yes, it is your alternator...

Last month I had the same problem as you... exactly the same... Finally I solved the problem by replacing the complete alternator for a new one... the old one was in short and it blew the voltage regulator and some other things (It was charging 11.5 at 2500RPM... no more )

In www.vfaq.com you can find how to easy take out that alternator...

Good Luck!!!!

PS: Check for shorts (drains) by placing a bulb or testing light between the negative post of the battery and the negative terminal (first, you have to disconnect the negative terminal from the post). when my alt was in short, the test light was turned ON!!!! (killing my battery)

 

[97_Raptor]

i tried the link at the VFaqs web site and it's not working. Also, is removing the alternator the same in 1g's and 2g's? It's raining here in KY again so I have to wait until tomorrow to take a crack at removing it.

 

[DSMeclipse4G63]

I would check the altenator fuse first, I blew my fuse installing my turbo and I got 11.5 volts too. Check the fuse in the engine bay labled alt. fuse, its only about 2-3 beans other then that youll need a altenator.
Andrew

 

[97_Raptor]

yeah, i tried to check it and I couldn't get it out, it's bolted on or something and I don't have anything to get it out with cause nothing can fit in there.

 

[Cheks_Talon_TSi]

I really don't know if is the same way to take it out for a 2G but make a research here in the forum... I'am sure there are a lot of threads about alternator issues ...

Good Luck dude!

SergioG.

 

[dave99gst]

yes the alt fuse is bolted in. ya can still just look at it and see if its burned out.
removing alt isnt that hard. ya should be able to tell just from looking at it what needs to be done. i norm remove p/s pump just to easyer accsess.