Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

its easy , my girl integra died the other day . i tried jumping it today at her work. it starts right up. i take the jumpers off and it goes dead right away. Battery or alternator. my gut says alternator. am i right

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

dude just rebuild it
get a set of brushes for like $10

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

what do you mean?

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

take both to vatozone to see if there any good

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

you take the alternator out
you take it apart
you remove the old worn out brushes
you install new brushes
you put it back together
you put the alternator back in
you jump the car and watch it work :6

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

voltage reg. may be inop also. that must not be overlooked. and if you hooked your batt cables on backwords you may have fried a diode.

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

check the fuse under the dash

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

alternators are gay ... fuking expencive too

sorry for stealing ur thread but ... can you do anything to an alternator if the pully is seazed ? change the bearings?

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

make sure your tires are balanced

Re: Quick question before i buy an alternator?
 

on my old $400 jeep i sprayed some PB blaster and worked the pulley back and forth until it felt good lol...pretty sure its still running too