I believe my alternator is on it's way out

[SUB ZERO CAR FANATIC]

Interesting. I was under the impression that he had owned this alternator for a while.

Anyway, the dude from Eagle Electric on ebay e-mailed me back saying he uses all OEM parts. If this guy's unit is truly 100% OEM, than am I just paying an extra $200 for the fact that a Nissan guy assembled the alternator rather than a guy on ebay? Can this guy actually get the same exact OEM-spec parts that Nissan uses?

DOINKMOBB, a friend of mine named Dr. T, who lives in JERSEY, is who turned me on to EAGLE AUTO ELECTRIC.He owns a few Q,s and told me he has used them on a couple occasionsand has never had any trouble with the alternator or their service and their prices are a hell of alot better than$300,i can damn near put new leather in my Q for that much money!!!! You cant beat$89 with a 1 year warranty for a rebuilt OEM alternator? There are some things i insist on buying from the dealer, but in this case you get a better deal and still get a good product!!

[Haitian_King]

DOINKMOBB, a friend of mine named Dr. T, who lives in JERSEY, is who turned me on to EAGLE AUTO ELECTRIC.He owns a few Q,s and told me he has used them on a couple occasionsand has never had any trouble with the alternator or their service and their prices are a hell of alot better than$300,i can damn near put new leather in my Q for that much money!!!! You cant beat$89 with a 1 year warranty for a rebuilt OEM alternator? There are some things i insist on buying from the dealer, but in this case you get a better deal and still get a good product!!

Where at in Jersey? I love to meet Q owners. He has more than one? Currently? Wow. I'd really like to meet him.

[Haitian_King]

Dont you be aging me, you ole sea captain!! I dont even have children, much less grandchildren!!!!

Perhaps because you were unloved?

[qship96]

Do you really want to go there, after a few days of peace??? If so, I would love to give you another verbal smackdown

[SUB ZERO CAR FANATIC]

Where at in Jersey? I love to meet Q owners. He has more than one? Currently? Wow. I'd really like to meet him.

Whats up man! what you doing today? im not sure what part,cant remember,we met over the net about 1 1/2 ago.He's presently in africa on vacation. do you know much about draining the ABS pump for the brakes,i wasnt aware it had to be drained when you do a brake job,cant be too hard just need to know which valve to open and bleed& how. later Haitai!!

SUBZEROCARFANATIC

[Haitian_King]

Do you really want to go there, after a few days of peace??? If so, I would love to give you another verbal smackdown

Go where?

I just asked an innocent question. Didn't realize you were so touchy about your loneliness.

Lo siento.

[DoinkMobb]

Ordered from who...eBay guy or OEM?

Oh sorry. I ordered it from the eagleelectric guy on ebay. Came out to be $109 shipped.

[Rex]

Just cause I don't see it mentioned anywhere ...

Replace the battery.

Too often we don't replace the battery until it dies, the problem is by the time we notice the battery is getting weak, the alternator has already been working harder than it should, and shortening it's life. Delaying spending the $80-100 on a battery that we'll have to have, accelerates the alternators death .

[maxnix]

Just cause I don't see it mentioned anywhere ...

Replace the battery.

Too often we don't replace the battery until it dies, the problem is by the time we notice the battery is getting weak, the alternator has already been working harder than it should, and shortening it's life. Delaying spending the $80-100 on a battery that we'll have to have, accelerates the alternators death .

So true. Even a battery in the second half of it's life will kill an alternator sooner.

[DoinkMobb]

The battery is from July '07, so it was a fresh battery. I'm planning on replacing the battery when I replace the alternator though. Just seems like it's better to be safe than sorry.

[DoinkMobb]

Well, my old alternator is officially dead. The pulley seized and annihilated the belt. I'm in the process of installing the rebuilt one from ebay. Getting the old one out wasn't too difficult, but getting the new one in seems to be impossible.

[maxnix]

Read the posts in IOM. I think some used tape to hold the nut in place.

[DoinkMobb]

I never updated this thread...

First of all, don't buy from eagleelectric on ebay. The alternator DIED after one year (about 6k miles?). And the 'low battery charge' light never went away either.

Where did it die, you may ask? On the highway, about 75 miles from my house around 9:30 pm. As I was driving, I noticed a few warning lights turning on and off faintly on the display. Hmmm, that's strange. Then the display began to dim and the car slowly began to lose power. Now I'm down to 55 mph on the highway, so I pull over and...that was it. Dead. There was a strong burning electrical smell in the cabin.

So, I got it towed to a shop and had to spend the night in a Days Inn. Had a friend pick me up the next day and drove us home. The shop called me and told me my alternator was dead and it would be $XXX amount of dollars to fix. I said funk dat, flatbed it to my house.

I found a lightly used OEM alternator for about $100, installed it and it works fine. Dammit.

Alternator on e-bay: $110Tow to shop: $145Motel: $70Gas money for my friend: $40Tow to my house: $200Lightly used OEM alternator: $100

Total: $595

Or, I could've just bought a brand new OEM alternator for $300-some and saved myself $300 and the extra labor.

Lesson learned. If your alternator dies, buy a brand new OEM one, or maybe a lightly used OEM one. No rebuilds or 3rd party brands.

[BCC93QT]

I can't believe your postin about your alternator almost 2 years after it crapped out....... Its probably almost time to replace it again, so start saving. Maybe u can get a hooker for your motel room this time

[DoinkMobb]

I can't believe your postin about your alternator almost 2 years after it crapped out....... Its probably almost time to replace it again, so start saving. Maybe u can get a hooker for your motel room this time

My original alternator died July '08. I then replaced with an ebay unit which died in July '09, about 5 months ago. Where are you getting 2 years from?

I've put maybe 1500 miles on the lightly used OEM unit, so I'm pretty sure it'll be fine for a while.

[NightRiderQ45]

I never updated this thread...

First of all, don't buy from eagleelectric on ebay. The alternator DIED after one year (about 6k miles?). And the 'low battery charge' light never went away either.

Where did it die, you may ask? On the highway, about 75 miles from my house around 9:30 pm. As I was driving, I noticed a few warning lights turning on and off faintly on the display. Hmmm, that's strange. Then the display began to dim and the car slowly began to lose power. Now I'm down to 55 mph on the highway, so I pull over and...that was it. Dead. There was a strong burning electrical smell in the cabin.

So, I got it towed to a shop and had to spend the night in a Days Inn. Had a friend pick me up the next day and drove us home. The shop called me and told me my alternator was dead and it would be $XXX amount of dollars to fix. I said funk dat, flatbed it to my house.

I found a lightly used OEM alternator for about $100, installed it and it works fine. Dammit.

Alternator on e-bay: $110Tow to shop: $145Motel: $70Gas money for my friend: $40Tow to my house: $200Lightly used OEM alternator: $100

Total: $595

Or, I could've just bought a brand new OEM alternator for $300-some and saved myself $300 and the extra labor.

Lesson learned. If your alternator dies, buy a brand new OEM one, or maybe a lightly used OEM one. No rebuilds or 3rd party brands.

To each it's own. Now, I would never buy a alternator from some 3rd party person from eBay...your're asking for trouble but I would purchase a alternator from a place like Napa or AAP. My oem alternator lasted 7yrs and my Advance alternator is 5yrs and going. Your oem alternator lasted for 14yrs which is great (given if that was actually the original alternator). If this alternator goes bad, I will go ahead and purchase my new alternator from IOS since it will be $308 from them. I've noticed AAP have gone up to $210 so it would only make sense to purchase oem in this case.

[redmanfx]

I got mine rebuilt for $100 from a friend of mine. One brush was bad and as far as I can tell it's still the original alt as none of the car's paperwork ever shows it being replaced, but I guess you never know. When the alt did go my battery died, but since it was rebuilt about two 1/2 years ago I've not had anymore problems.

Good time to check since winter is almost on us. I have a feeling this winter is going to be a bad one.