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<blockquote data-quote="BreakingBad" data-source="post: 4946034" data-attributes="member: 569807">I ordered a 250 amp h/o alternator from MechMan.2005 chevy trailblazer.had a shop tear apart my car, install the alt, turns out - factory is a 4-pin adapter, they sent me a 2-pin.per mechman, 2-pin was used for late model 05s and above...anything before late 05 was 4 pin.the shop who&#039;s installing it is calling a local GM shop to see if they have a pigtail? adapter, or something where he can chop off the 4pin, and solder a 2pin on.im STUCK because:a.) i need my truck tomorrow, and they can&#039;t get the adapter until tomorrow @ noon...and i work tomorrow at 1245. so i have no vehicle, and am ****ed.b.) if i get my vehicle back, they have to put the stock alternator back in, give my truck back to me, then i take it back and they have to take it back out and put back in the alternator with either the adapter, or i wait until i send it back to mechman, and they send me a replacment.i&#039;m a little upset (well, very upset) for 2 reasons:a.) mechman says its not their fault, even though they didn&#039;t double check or make any notification to me that early models may have issues with their 2-pin adapter;b.) refuses to pay shipping back to them, nor cover install costs.as a customer, what should i expect from them?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BreakingBad, post: 4946034, member: 569807"] I ordered a 250 amp h/o alternator from MechMan. 2005 chevy trailblazer. had a shop tear apart my car, install the alt, turns out - factory is a 4-pin adapter, they sent me a 2-pin. per mechman, 2-pin was used for late model 05s and above...anything before late 05 was 4 pin. the shop who's installing it is calling a local GM shop to see if they have a pigtail? adapter, or something where he can chop off the 4pin, and solder a 2pin on. im STUCK because: a.) i need my truck tomorrow, and they can't get the adapter until tomorrow @ noon...and i work tomorrow at 1245. so i have no vehicle, and am ****ed. b.) if i get my vehicle back, they have to put the stock alternator back in, give my truck back to me, then i take it back and they have to take it back out and put back in the alternator with either the adapter, or i wait until i send it back to mechman, and they send me a replacment. i'm a little upset (well, very upset) for 2 reasons: a.) mechman says its not their fault, even though they didn't double check or make any notification to me that early models may have issues with their 2-pin adapter; b.) refuses to pay shipping back to them, nor cover install costs. as a customer, what should i expect from them? [/QUOTE]

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