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Leigh Michael
TryHard
WA
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Monday, June 28, 2010 - 01:12 pm, by:  Leigh Michael (Ybotha) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey,

Does anyone in Perth know a good place to have my Alternator reconditioned? Also a rough price if possible?

Thanks.
Dave Rose
Goo Roo
wa
uzz31 v8

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Monday, June 28, 2010 - 01:39 pm, by:  Dave Rose (Sand_groper) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Drive in electrics Wangara just off prindiville drive full recon inc bearings $300.
Stephen Shackleton
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WA
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Monday, June 28, 2010 - 01:39 pm, by:  Stephen Shackleton (Shack) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bearings, brushes maybe a rectifier should be around $200, ring around, I had mine reconditioned in Rockingham where it failed the battery would not have got me home so I had no choice.
Leigh Michael
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Monday, June 28, 2010 - 01:55 pm, by:  Leigh Michael (Ybotha) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks guys.

Dave - I'm guessing by the name of the place and the cost, that it includes them pulling the alternator out, reconditioning and then putting it back in?
Tom Richards
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Monday, June 28, 2010 - 02:17 pm, by:  Tom Richards (Tomr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i paid $150 for a rebuild, new bearings etc. I removed the alternator and re installed it.
Ali Saeed
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Monday, June 28, 2010 - 02:49 pm, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dave can this place in Wangara rewound the alternator so it runs a higher amperage?
Dave Rose
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Monday, June 28, 2010 - 08:01 pm, by:  Dave Rose (Sand_groper) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Leigh ,just remembered it was $250 they picked it up from our car yard they service all the car yards there.
It was Diodes,brushes ,com skim,bearings perhaps we are paying to much?? The main thing is to keep your Denso alternater .
Ali ,sorry dont know..give them a ring?
Leigh Michael
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 10:38 am, by:  Leigh Michael (Ybotha) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ah yeah, that's not a bad price... it's right in the middle of what I've been quoted around Perth ($200-$300). I've decided to go with getting one from a wrecker and my mechanic is going to put it in for me Thursday - works out a bit cheaper and much easier for me...
Joshua Rao
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WA
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 03:01 am, by:  Joshua Rao (Soaren1) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Steff Patterson
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Kansas
V8

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Friday, November 19, 2010 - 04:38 pm, by:  Steff Patterson (Spatter) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Leigh Michael wrote on Monday, June 28, 2010 - 01:12 pm:



Leigh Michael wrote on Monday, June 28, 2010 - 01:12 pm:




Hi just wanna ask how does alternator in car function? does it help to increase cars performance?Thanks for posting
Peter Nitschke
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South Australia
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Friday, November 19, 2010 - 05:05 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Steff.

Alternator makes electricity to charge the battery and run the car, lights etc.

It doesn't make it go faster except if you don't have one the battery will go flat and the car will stop.
Steff Patterson
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Kansas
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Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 11:33 am, by:  Steff Patterson (Spatter) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Peter Nitschke wrote on Friday, November 19, 2010 - 05:05 pm:




Hi Peter Nitschke thanks for that info it really help me a lot, cause I'm not that a auto person but I have a car I just needed to learn things..Thanks
Matthew Sharpe
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North Island
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 06:28 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I guess if you had an alternator that wasn't performing up to scratch - faulty regulator or whatever - it could place extra load on the engine and slow you down a bit? But you're likely to notice other problems before any power loss.
John Jantzen
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 08:02 pm, by:  John Jantzen (Taslex) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Having had an alternator fail before, I was after something to monitor its condition. Jaycar have a new product, a digital voltmeter which plugs into the cigarette light socket, and displays the voltage to 1 decimal place on a nice big display. Only $19.95! It's Catalogue number is QP2220
http://www.jaycar.com.au/products_uploaded/product_14814.jpg
Peter Nitschke
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 10:21 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If the failure is caused by leaking P/S pump, that meter probably won't help much.
John Jantzen
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Monday, November 22, 2010 - 09:54 am, by:  John Jantzen (Taslex) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Peter Nitschke wrote on Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 10:21 pm:

If the failure is caused by leaking P/S pump, that meter probably won't help much.




Probably anything short of fitting a shield above the alternator to keep P/S fluid out of it won't help much either.
I realise it's not a panacea, but my point is that if you have a voltmeter, you will at least get a baseline view of the normal performance of your charging system.
Armed with this knowledge, you may pick up on an abnormality before it becomes an issue which leaves you on the side of the road somewhere.
Steff Patterson
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Kansas
V8

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 11:31 am, by:  Steff Patterson (Spatter) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hey guys thanks for giving nice information about alternator hope to ask more questions on you guys thanks! Be safe!

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