On 10/27/2009 6:03 PM Edward Duntz wrote: > The most difficult part, if > you can even call it that, it changing out the pulley, as most new ones > come without the pulley. You've just got to hold the shaft with an > allen wrench while you turn the bolt. Well now, knowing /where/ to hit the machine with the hammer is why they can charge the Big Bucks. I gotta say, as retarded as my mechanical skills are*, even I would not find swapping out an alternator to be much of a challenge. ============ * Compared with some of the awesome personages on this list who can change out an entire cooling system, swap in a new engine, /and/ pull the dash for minor heater box work in one weekend . . .. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR > > Ed in CT > >> Volksdoktor in Louisville, KY is trying to tell me that installing an >> alternator is going to cost $398. Does that even come close to >> sounding right to anyone????? Thank you, Aaron Bright Louisville, KY >> >> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: It helps you do more. Explore Windows 7. > http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen3:102009 |
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