Date:         Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:20:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator replacement????
Comments: To: Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
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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.

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* 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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