10-11-2011, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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You Can Do it, Really.
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Originally Posted by Tony Radford
I'm thinking at this point that the best recourse for me is to pull it and take it to a shop that specializes in alternators.
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Tony, seriously, there is nothing to it. You can do a first-rate job in under a half hour sitting at the kitchen table. It's completely intuitive, and goes back together exactly like it came apart -- and nothing comes "flying apart" when you take the back off. The only trick, and it's not much of a trick at all, is holding the brushes back with a little wire when you put it back together and then you yank the wire. Give it a try, if you find you're stumped just take the alternator in and tell them you started the job and got discouraged. But I'm 99% sure that won't happen. The rebuild kit even comes with instructions (which you really don't need but are always nice to have).
EDIT -- And the little wire to hold the brushes back comes in the kit, too.
Last edited by patrickt; 10-11-2011 at 01:53 PM..
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