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     thom mathie (Muskyman) Senior Member Username: Muskyman Post Number: 511 Registered: 11-2002 |
My alternator had been making a bearing noise for about 2 mos now and in the middle of a fun trip deep into a WI state forest through 20" of nice powdery snow to find the ultimate Clark Griswold of a christmas tree sure enough the tach dropped to zero and the little battery icon started to glow bright red. so being the devote Dweb guy I knew that my good old Alternator had shit the bed and I was 360 miles from home. well we cut a nice huge tree loaded it up and headed back to our cabin ...no problem plenty of juice. knowing I wasent going to like what i was going to hear I called around to find that the local rebuilder had never done a land rover alternator and that he didnt even show a 3.9 litre in any toyota in 94  so unwilling to pay napa's price and wait till monday I decided to head home... heres what I found 1)on a standard 875 CCA lead acid battery at 70MPH and nothing on(no radio/fan/blower) my disco went 125 miles from full charge to dead. 2) the ABS dash light comes on 5 miles short of when there is no longer enough juice to run the engine/pump/ECU...ect ect...nice warning to get outa the fast lane 3)a 475 CCA deep cycle trolling battery went 175 miles and the ABS light gave the same 5 miles warning to impending deadness. 4) the part # in the tech section for the tensioner pulley bearing is also the correct one for a 94 serpentine belt motor. I had my friend the rebuilder do the alternator, it needed pretty much everything but a case...$185 out the door with a 1 year warrenty and it makes 115 amps at its cut off....beats the hell outa $500+ labor at a dealership or $379 at Napa. all in all the removal ,rebuild of the pulley and replacement of the serpentine belt was well under an hour. Its a job that anyone should be able to do. Happy New Year MM |
