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Re: 97 ZJ possible alternator problem
thank you. I priced at AutoZone and a lifetime 130 amp is $130 after core.
Tomorrow I will change it out and let you know. Again, thanks "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message news:426D6106.34E24994@cox.net... > Sure it may be rebuilt, but I'd just exchange it for a rebuilt, > which I do even if it just needs brushes, which of course doesn't sound > like your stator coming apart. In the further let the automatic shift > for you, don't hold it in for the horsepower curve, that'll blow your > alternator spinning at three times your RPM every time. > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ > > mikl wrote: >> >> I have a 97 ZJ with the Orvis package. 318 engine, 44RE, 249. It has >> 145.000. It has been meticulously maintained. >> Today on the way to work (44 miles one way) I started getting a gravelly >> rattling noise in the front. I have isolated the noise to the front top >> of >> the engine. The noise is louder at the alternator than at the ac. It >> sounds like rocks in a wheelbarrow being pushed over a cobblestone road. >> Voltage has not changed. battery is still getting over 13. >> Question: can it be rebuilt? and if so any recommendations. if it >> cannot >> be rebuilt, what would you recommend? >> My wife won't go near the jeep (a good thing?). I can do all of the work >> myself and have done all required work on the jeep myself including >> rebuilding the 249. >> Can you give me ideas? Thanks |
Re: 97 ZJ possible alternator problem
thank you. I priced at AutoZone and a lifetime 130 amp is $130 after core.
Tomorrow I will change it out and let you know. Again, thanks "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message news:426D6106.34E24994@cox.net... > Sure it may be rebuilt, but I'd just exchange it for a rebuilt, > which I do even if it just needs brushes, which of course doesn't sound > like your stator coming apart. In the further let the automatic shift > for you, don't hold it in for the horsepower curve, that'll blow your > alternator spinning at three times your RPM every time. > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ > > mikl wrote: >> >> I have a 97 ZJ with the Orvis package. 318 engine, 44RE, 249. It has >> 145.000. It has been meticulously maintained. >> Today on the way to work (44 miles one way) I started getting a gravelly >> rattling noise in the front. I have isolated the noise to the front top >> of >> the engine. The noise is louder at the alternator than at the ac. It >> sounds like rocks in a wheelbarrow being pushed over a cobblestone road. >> Voltage has not changed. battery is still getting over 13. >> Question: can it be rebuilt? and if so any recommendations. if it >> cannot >> be rebuilt, what would you recommend? >> My wife won't go near the jeep (a good thing?). I can do all of the work >> myself and have done all required work on the jeep myself including >> rebuilding the 249. >> Can you give me ideas? Thanks |
Re: 97 ZJ possible alternator problem
thank you. I priced at AutoZone and a lifetime 130 amp is $130 after core.
Tomorrow I will change it out and let you know. Again, thanks "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message news:426D6106.34E24994@cox.net... > Sure it may be rebuilt, but I'd just exchange it for a rebuilt, > which I do even if it just needs brushes, which of course doesn't sound > like your stator coming apart. In the further let the automatic shift > for you, don't hold it in for the horsepower curve, that'll blow your > alternator spinning at three times your RPM every time. > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ > > mikl wrote: >> >> I have a 97 ZJ with the Orvis package. 318 engine, 44RE, 249. It has >> 145.000. It has been meticulously maintained. >> Today on the way to work (44 miles one way) I started getting a gravelly >> rattling noise in the front. I have isolated the noise to the front top >> of >> the engine. The noise is louder at the alternator than at the ac. It >> sounds like rocks in a wheelbarrow being pushed over a cobblestone road. >> Voltage has not changed. battery is still getting over 13. >> Question: can it be rebuilt? and if so any recommendations. if it >> cannot >> be rebuilt, what would you recommend? >> My wife won't go near the jeep (a good thing?). I can do all of the work >> myself and have done all required work on the jeep myself including >> rebuilding the 249. >> Can you give me ideas? Thanks |
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