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<blockquote data-quote="los33" data-source="post: 8620056" data-attributes="member: 660834">[quote name=&#039;Boomin_tahoe&#039;][USER=660834]@los33[/USER]&nbsp; alt issues. My old one in my Tahoe finally gave out. Ever since I&amp;#39;ve bought the Tahoe, never replaced the alt...so what 10 yrs ago lol. Should take me no longer than an hr to swap them out. Told the wifey to get a 140 amperage one from Oreilly&amp;#39;s. All ready to put in when I had the new one in my hand and spun it by hand...ssccrrreeeeeaaccchhhhh yeah, the outside fins were scraping on the outside of the casing. Time to get another. Got a 2nd one....dam harness won&amp;#39;t plug into the alt...wtf??!?!&nbsp; Come to find out the harness is small oval shape while the new alt has a rectangle one....yet on the website it says that particular alt should fit my Tahoe. So Imma go back the 3rd time and i ain&amp;#39;t gonna be happy about it. One of 2 things is gonna happen: get the 105 amp one ehich is stupid since my s10 has that amperage,...I would have expected a bigger vehicle, SUV, to accept a bigger alt....or see if they&nbsp; have some sort of harness from oval to square to use the newer ho alt. <a href="https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/ultima-4536/charging---starting-16772/alternator-11425/ultima-140-amp-alternator-remanufactured/r111948a/4603473/1997/chevrolet/tahoe?fitAttr_10040=Show+All" target="_blank">https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/ultima-4536/charging---starting-16772/alternator-11425/ultima-140-amp-alternator-remanufactured/r111948a/4603473/1997/chevrolet/tahoe?fitAttr_10040=Show+All</a></blockquote>Depends if the model had rear a/c or not.Get one from a suburban model instead which should have same plug and higher amperage.Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="los33, post: 8620056, member: 660834"] [quote name='Boomin_tahoe'][USER=660834]@los33[/USER] alt issues. My old one in my Tahoe finally gave out. Ever since I've bought the Tahoe, never replaced the alt...so what 10 yrs ago lol. Should take me no longer than an hr to swap them out. Told the wifey to get a 140 amperage one from Oreilly's. All ready to put in when I had the new one in my hand and spun it by hand...ssccrrreeeeeaaccchhhhh yeah, the outside fins were scraping on the outside of the casing. Time to get another. Got a 2nd one....dam harness won't plug into the alt...wtf??!?! Come to find out the harness is small oval shape while the new alt has a rectangle one....yet on the website it says that particular alt should fit my Tahoe. So Imma go back the 3rd time and i ain't gonna be happy about it. One of 2 things is gonna happen: get the 105 amp one ehich is stupid since my s10 has that amperage,...I would have expected a bigger vehicle, SUV, to accept a bigger alt....or see if they have some sort of harness from oval to square to use the newer ho alt. [url]https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/ultima-4536/charging---starting-16772/alternator-11425/ultima-140-amp-alternator-remanufactured/r111948a/4603473/1997/chevrolet/tahoe?fitAttr_10040=Show+All[/url][/QUOTE]Depends if the model had rear a/c or not. Get one from a suburban model instead which should have same plug and higher amperage. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]

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