My alternator is installed and the car is working fine.

[Glock23 10+ year member]

After about 7 hours of work we got it installed. We had my father in law's brother in law over who has worked on car since he was 16 and he's 56 now. My father in law knows a little and I know basic 12 volt wiring. So between the 3 of us we were able to do it. I couldn't of done it without them or without loudaccent. He really helped me figure out the connector issues. To all those that also helped me thank you! I'm running on 29 hours no sleep because last night I couldn't sleep I was so worried about the alternator.

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

wanna cookie?

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

im glad u got it in and working, but why in the hell did it take 7 hrs.

 

[Glock23 10+ year member]

Well 3 guys and 1 who sorta knew alternators and worked on cars for a long time.. Just didn't know anything about the regulator. Also we had to reconnect a few things. The cool part was the LARGE crimper we used. It was some sorta industrial crimper. It must of weighed 20 pounds looked like bolt cutters but not and on steroids. It was awesome crimping large wire with it!

I think the part that took the longest was getting the factory pullys for the belt back on. The accent is so small and has so much crammed into it's engine bay you need size 7 hands like me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif By the end of the night I was called munchkin and I'm 6'1 250

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

i believe it's called a hammer crimper

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

7 hours installing an alternator and regulator is a bit overwhelming.

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

I still can't believe it took 3 people to install an alt.Especially one being a mechanic for 40 years!

 

[Glock23 10+ year member]

Audioaarsonal. It's a small town they don't deal with voltage regulators. Most of it was speed bumps it just went slow because we wanted to do it right.

 

[Trez0r 10+ year member]

Oh, thank god. Now I can sleep at night.

 

[iowaaurora 10+ year member]

7 hours installing an alternator and regulator is a bit overwhelming.

my 95 aurora took 8 hours to install

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

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[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

u the kid thats going to niu next year?

i cant remember, also you going to the meet?

 

[grassroots 10+ year member]

it took me about 30 minutes to install mine... gotta love fords. they put the alt right on top...

 

[Glock23 10+ year member]

The alternator on our car is half way down so we had to remove lots of stuff :\

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

At least you got it on.