mikl

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" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> 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

mikl

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" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:426D6106.34E24994@***.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

mikl

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" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:426D6106.34E24994@***.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