Looks like my altenator died Tried to drive the car to my house across town, made it about 3/4 of the way before the battery shat the bed. Altenator a do-it-youselfer? hard to get to? can i check it with a multi-meter, and where should i go about gettin one? Looks like im buying a new one and a battery

 

its not too hard to replace local parts store will have it depending on what model you have its going to be about 150-200 for altenator and batterys are 50-100 i would suggest puting it in yourself youll save mucho mulla

 

or if ur on a budget then go to a local pick a part/ junkyard and get it for 20 dollars .. its not hard to do ... battery............... harvs94max is right on the price ...

 

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBr...3d801f46b1.jsp

JUST LOOK UNDER YOUR CAR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE

 

Where is the drive belt adjusting bolt at?

 

It's that long brass colored bolt behind the pully that is between the udp and the ps pump pully. You have to loosen the adjusting pully center bolt first then adjust it accordingly.

 

You can also get your alternator rebuilt and installed for around $120 with a warrenty from an alternator rebuild shop. Thats what I did about a year ago, no problems since.

 

this sucks, just got like half a foot of snow. Am i gona have to jack up my max to yank out that altenator? I gota pull it in my garage and get the wood stove started however due to my driveway i cant just roll it in cuz its on a hill. When i buy a new battery is it cool to throw that in and move it on only a battery without the alt just so i can bring it into my garage, Cuz it looks like thats wut i did when i tried to drive it to my house from my friends.

 

Battery power only should be fine for a very short trip. Try not to use the headlights/stereo etc..