Got the alternator rebuilt today
 

$32.50 plus tax. Whheeeehaaaaa Sure saves over the cost of a new one. Doides were fine, it needed a new voltage regulator.

I took it out last evening in 25 minutes flat. The first time took almost 2 hours. Reinstallation will take a little longer.

The more I wrench on this car, the easier it gets.

MFB

86 Targa 3.2, bone stock

Wow

$32.50 for a new voltage regulator? Is it a Paris Rhoe?

Did they put it on for you or did you replace the old voltage regulator?

Name of shop/company that has the voltage regulator?

Yeah, it took me about 45 minutes to pull it out, to put it all back together was a lot more difficult. (1 1/2 hrs.)

Putting the white shroud around the alt. was so *&#$ hard until I just twisted the alt. counter clockwise about forty-five degrees. The other problem is getting the fan to be perfectly straight without it rubbing against the housing.

I ended up just driving it and grinding away some of the fan.
Oh well, it worked at least.

See my similar R&R procedure for alternators in the Tech section of Pelican......

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/911_volt_reg_replace/911_volt_reg_replace.htm


---Wil

I flipped to a new regulator and will use the old Good one for a spare because I was in there. It'll go into the on-board spare parts smugglers box.

Yes, my alternator is a Valeo, and the new voltage regulator is Paris-Rhone, and they had it in stock. It's Pryor's Starters & Generators here in Richmond, Va. I dropped it off at 8:30, they tested, installed the new vr, and I picked it up at 4:30.

MFB