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On the way home this afternoon I noticed the battery light on while I was at a light. As soon as I brought the revs up it went out, and didnt come back on until I was at idle again. Is this warning me of my alternators impending doom? Should I go ahead and order one? Altiain where did you get yours? I have 90K miles now on my car.
Ya could always do a search....... ::Bleh::
But yea sounds like an alternator that is heading to a better place. ::Angel::
Either the alternator, or excessive horse poo causing your terminals to corrode.
Well on the way to work and on the way home tonight no sign of the light. I will check Mazdaspeed though and see what it takes to get one here.
Edit: After rereading Altiain's thread I am not feeling lucky. There is a NAPA open tomorrow in Arlington. I plan on calling them. I hope they are open Monday.
Your alternator is about to die.
I bought one from a junkyard. Then Jon gave me a rebuilt one in exchange for paying for the Houston Tour hotel. I've got the rebuilt one in the car now.
Jon only paid like $60 to have his old one rebuilt. I've got two spares sitting on a shelf in my garage - you're welcome to come and get one, then you can have it rebuilt before yours dies. One of the ones I have *should* be good - I thought it was going bad, only to find when I removed it that the wire terminal had not been properly retightened (upon engine reinstallation, *cough* *cough*), and the terminal housing had been melted due to arcing. You should be able to reuse the terminal out of your current alternator.
Beware NAPA rebuilds - I bought one of these before buying a junkyard one. The threaded mounting hole had been stripped out and helicoiled... with the wrong size thread. :? I took it back.
Do you know how long it took to have it rebuilt? And where he had it done? I am going to try and use the car the least amount possible. Especially since I dont have to work until Wed. I was going to do some family stuff Monday though. I would love to just have one rebuilt but I feel very certain I am on borrowed time.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Dunno. You could probably get by on the spare I've got while you had your current one rebuilt. Like I said, it never threw a battery light, just did some strange things that i later tracked to the improperly tightened terminal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majik
I'll be home tomorrow afternoon if you want ot swing by and pick it up. Depending on my schedule, I might even be able to help you install it - it doesn't take long to do.
Well I went over the Casa de Altiain today and we got the alternators swapped. While we probably didnt qualify for a Le mans team it didnt take too long. All was well on the drive home. I am going to go ahead and get my original rebuilt. Altiain and I decided that it would be a good idea for me to keep an extra since I am on the west side of town and he is soon going to be on the far east side. So let it be known I have a spare alternator incase someone is in a jam. Thanks again for the help Altiain.
It would have only taken half an hour if we hadn't needed to rebuild my spare alternator. :wink:
Glad to hear you had no problems on the way home. I would definitely get your old one rebuilt, as I have no real idea of how long that spare one will last. Thankfully, they tend to give you some warning signs before they let go.
Wait a minute I call :bs: !
The way I read this post it would appear Altiain did something nice for someone other than himself! ::Blink::
Isn't this one of the signs of the Apocalypse!
;)
I'm hurt by your insinuation. ::Rasp::Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing