My alternator crapped out on me after 83,000 miles. Courtesy wants $300 and that's not including shipping and core charges! Carparts.com has a remanufactured Bosch for $210 after coupon.

 

and I've been there too. Only thing is I don't want to get a bad one and have to keep swapping them out.

 

Thanks Doug.

 

Hmm, wonder where that would be????

 

Sorry man it totally slipped my mind.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JimW
Hmm, wonder where that would be????

 

david gets disoriented with out his car.. its like part of his brain.. it fails he goes stupid muuhahahaha

 

I always get them from a local shop we have here, I can give you the number

 

a reman alternator for my 4rd gen was $89 from a local parts store (Oreilly's- decent sized chain, very reputable around here) ...even has a lifetime warranty.
I'll call them today while I'm at work and see what one is for your car.

I drive right by one of their stores on the way home, so if they've got one in stock, I'll be glad to send it to ya for whatever it'll cost to ship it- of course, there will be dual-shipping costs because of the core charge too... I'll find out anyway and let ya know in a couple hours.

 

Did you try calling GB500? They are located
in Brooklyn. Their prices are pretty cheap.
JimW's cousin works there. Jim hooked me
up with his cousin there and I got some parts
without tax.

 

David,
OReilly's sells a re-man 125A alternator for $148.99 + $65 core.
He doesn't have any in stock here, but there's one in Kansas City.. The guy said he could order it here and have it by wed. I dunno how fast you need it though. Maybe JustinMC could help fix you up since he's in the City already...

 

that has it in stock so I'm gonna go with him.

 

I got a nice 185 amp alt from Ohio Generator. A bit on the pricey side and it needed to be custom mounted. If you have never removed the alt in the maxima before it's a bit of a pain in the ***. I highly recommend using a lift. I swapped out my '99 SE limited about a month ago. If you want my old one - its just collecting dust in the garage - and you're planning to be in VA just let me know.

 

Do you have a link to Ohio Generator? How did the alternator have to be installed? Do you have pics? Please provide more info. Thanks. Can you tell me how much it cost also.

Del

 

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I said Up so that the thread would go back to the top, and Doug decided to be a wise *** and say down just for the hell of it, but he was actually helping me out, cause it kept it up towards the top. I am still waiting on answer to my question that I posted earlier.

Del

 

First the car had to belifted 6 ft in the air. Then the air damns - the little plastic covers - had to be removed so we could see the AC compressor and alternator. There is no way to get to the alternator from above. Oh yah, don't froget to loosen the belt and get it out of the way. More on that later.
4 long bolts hold the AC compressor in place and must be removed. Then you have to sort of slide it aside without actually unhooking any of the hoses. It's even a tight fit pulling it out from below. The bottom bolt(you will need a new bolt slighly longer than stock) of the new Alt will go through the 2 mounting holes on the new Alt. But since the caseing for the new Alt is slightly larger and one of the bolts which hold it shut is due south if you use the second stock bolt location it won't fit if you put your AC compressor back. So you can have the big Alt and the AC you need to rotate the front of the Alt up. Then put the AC compressor back in place and its held in place like a sardine. The top bolt is no longer needed because there is no place for the alternator to go.
The only problem with this higher location of the Alt is that the pulley is also higher. This means that even with the belt tightened to the max it still slips a little occassionaly. I am still trying to find a source which lists belts lenghth and width so I can find one about an inch shorter than the stock belt.
*****I do not recommend adding a high out alt unless 1)you have more money than you know what to do with, or 2)you really need the extra power for something like a complete custom sound system with all active crossovers and sepereate amp channels for every speaker. And then only if you insist on the highest sound quality and high current amplifiers.