[living hell] swapping the alt. In son’s crap box
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Holy crap. My sons 2010 Sebring blew its alternator bearing and the shop wanted over $1k to fix. Son was ready to spend the money (he has it, but zero sense of what it is worth because he has never had trouble making money for some reason.)
Instead, I thought it a better life lesson to have him fix it “himself” with me just supervising. I owed him $400 so I picked up the parts. Of course I ended up digging in with him. We got it done in four hours. There is only about three inches of space to work in. Changed out idler pulleys and tensioner too. Great lesson. But man did it suck. |
Alternator on my Caddy is 3 hrs easy(usually 4 plus) to R&R if have a lift to do it on, so far I've changed 3 of them between the two cars. Ac compressor is an hr and a half...
Lots of beer needed for that alt swap... And motrin. |
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I knew a guy in Utah. He did lift kits on Jeeps as a hobby. He never wore eye protection. Yep, a trip to Univ of Utah Eye Specialists fixed that. Also, he'll never have 20-20 vision again. The left eye is fukked now. |
One of the great lessons in life is showing kids how to fix cars, homes, computers etc.
Good deal man! :cert: Scott |
It sucks that all of these things are buried these days. Makes doing something that should be straightforward a monumental pain in the ass. They probably suspended the alternator in mid air and built the car around it. :Jeff '79:
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Wife has a clapped out 01 Fukus, SE, DOHC 4 cyl......there is not ONE moving part on that damn POS I not changed out, except steering......both front and rear......a/c comp TWICE.....ALT 3X, p/s pump once, water pump once, timing belt once, acc drive belt 2x......drive shafts/complete brakes, complete front suspension......complete rear suspension, brakes all around, rotors and drums of course......rear shoes are such a mess, I had to pay 40 bux to get help....
but that excluded the trans and short block, of course.....both of which are untouched by ME......but it does have over 200k on it now.... :issues: |
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So off to kolledge, and stayed on campus....4 years worth, outta there in '66, and into the Army.....bad lo back, extra vert L6 and so outta there, home again and so first REAL full time job, but in that 4 year span, folks moved and Mom got her own car....not that she had ANY interest in driving it....a '63 Olds F85 4 dr 215 ci aluminum V8...... so bummed Mom's car for a few months to get $$$ for my own '60 vette one grand 500 down and Dad cosigned bank note for another 500 bux.... the house the went to was 15 mile one way to groceries, 6 miles to gas station, and so I burnt a tank+ a week just commuting for jobs that paid 2.50/hour..... lost the vette in a wreck, tail assed light...rain.... so into Pontiacs for some 20 years, '61 Catalina drag race winner....456 rear, just great on gas...NOT!!!! driving near 40 miles to job, EACH WAY......changed rear to 273 eventually.... spent a year in FW/Tejas with a buddy who got outta the Navy, he met/married his wife in the apt complex we hung and partied at.....I went back to DC region.....married/divorced first wife.....and sorry I did not get back together with her.....but was dating the kid's mom then...... moved to Florida and married wife here now 18.5 years of fun now.... my buddy in Tejas passed on ~5 years ago.....age 68, sux.... :sadangel: |
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My dad could turn a wrench tho. He was an aviation/motor-pool mechanic in the Army. He always worked on the family cars, but I never really paid attention growing up until I got my own ride. Then I started to watch. Shortly after, I moved out. And then out of necessity (I was broke) I had to start working on my own stuff. It was either pay a guy to fix my car, or don't eat. So I started dealing with it myself. :island14: |
There were some father son moments that made it worth it. Car runs way better now. I think he learned a few things.
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