This is exactly why I try my darnedest to get people to use OE or at least
top-quality alternators, starters, and water pumps. Those cheap "lifetime
warranty" parts are just that, cheap... cheaply made. How much is your time
worth per hour? How many hours and effort have you expended on this? I'm
betting lots... You would have been better off buying an OE or top quality
alternator in the beginning.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi all,
> I have a '75 CJ5 and post regularly. I need some help with another
vehicle
> though.
>
> Our economy car is a '96 Sentra. The OEM alternator crapped in Jan.03. I
> went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit. That lasted until
> around Nov. 1st. I went and got another. That went three weeks and
> crapped. Then, I figured my battery went bad. I bought a good grade NAPA
> brand battery and then went and got another replacement alternator. Now
> today 12.17. 03 This one smoked. Is it Auto Zone units? My NAPA friend
> said he'd gone through about 5 AZ units before he gave up. When I
installed
> this last unit I had 14.2 volts at both the unit and the battery
terminals.
>
> I Hope this is just a result of buying low grade equipment. I've had an
> alternator in the past rebuilt by an auto electric shop. That one last
only
> a half a year. Got an Car Quest unit and It still is good 6 years later.
+
> 60,000 miles.
>
> Please send advice.
>
> Paul
> CJ5 '75 258
>
> --
> Thanks Always !!!
> Paul '75 CJ5 258
> Vail, CO.
>
>

 

This is exactly why I try my darnedest to get people to use OE or at least
top-quality alternators, starters, and water pumps. Those cheap "lifetime
warranty" parts are just that, cheap... cheaply made. How much is your time
worth per hour? How many hours and effort have you expended on this? I'm
betting lots... You would have been better off buying an OE or top quality
alternator in the beginning.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi all,
> I have a '75 CJ5 and post regularly. I need some help with another
vehicle
> though.
>
> Our economy car is a '96 Sentra. The OEM alternator crapped in Jan.03. I
> went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit. That lasted until
> around Nov. 1st. I went and got another. That went three weeks and
> crapped. Then, I figured my battery went bad. I bought a good grade NAPA
> brand battery and then went and got another replacement alternator. Now
> today 12.17. 03 This one smoked. Is it Auto Zone units? My NAPA friend
> said he'd gone through about 5 AZ units before he gave up. When I
installed
> this last unit I had 14.2 volts at both the unit and the battery
terminals.
>
> I Hope this is just a result of buying low grade equipment. I've had an
> alternator in the past rebuilt by an auto electric shop. That one last
only
> a half a year. Got an Car Quest unit and It still is good 6 years later.
+
> 60,000 miles.
>
> Please send advice.
>
> Paul
> CJ5 '75 258
>
> --
> Thanks Always !!!
> Paul '75 CJ5 258
> Vail, CO.
>
>

 

This is exactly why I try my darnedest to get people to use OE or at least
top-quality alternators, starters, and water pumps. Those cheap "lifetime
warranty" parts are just that, cheap... cheaply made. How much is your time
worth per hour? How many hours and effort have you expended on this? I'm
betting lots... You would have been better off buying an OE or top quality
alternator in the beginning.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi all,
> I have a '75 CJ5 and post regularly. I need some help with another
vehicle
> though.
>
> Our economy car is a '96 Sentra. The OEM alternator crapped in Jan.03. I
> went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit. That lasted until
> around Nov. 1st. I went and got another. That went three weeks and
> crapped. Then, I figured my battery went bad. I bought a good grade NAPA
> brand battery and then went and got another replacement alternator. Now
> today 12.17. 03 This one smoked. Is it Auto Zone units? My NAPA friend
> said he'd gone through about 5 AZ units before he gave up. When I
installed
> this last unit I had 14.2 volts at both the unit and the battery
terminals.
>
> I Hope this is just a result of buying low grade equipment. I've had an
> alternator in the past rebuilt by an auto electric shop. That one last
only
> a half a year. Got an Car Quest unit and It still is good 6 years later.
+
> 60,000 miles.
>
> Please send advice.
>
> Paul
> CJ5 '75 258
>
> --
> Thanks Always !!!
> Paul '75 CJ5 258
> Vail, CO.
>
>

 

Hi all,
I have a '75 CJ5 and post regularly. I need some help with another vehicle
though.

Our economy car is a '96 Sentra. The OEM alternator crapped in Jan.03. I
went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit. That lasted until
around Nov. 1st. I went and got another. That went three weeks and
crapped. Then, I figured my battery went bad. I bought a good grade NAPA
brand battery and then went and got another replacement alternator. Now
today 12.17. 03 This one smoked. Is it Auto Zone units? My NAPA friend
said he'd gone through about 5 AZ units before he gave up. When I installed
this last unit I had 14.2 volts at both the unit and the battery terminals.

I Hope this is just a result of buying low grade equipment. I've had an
alternator in the past rebuilt by an auto electric shop. That one last only
a half a year. Got an Car Quest unit and It still is good 6 years later. +
60,000 miles.

Please send advice.

Paul
CJ5 '75 258

--
Thanks Always !!!
Paul '75 CJ5 258
Vail, CO.

 

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> I
> went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit.

hi paul,
its not unusual to get a bad one, but to go through 5 (plus one that was
rebuilt locally) it would make me at least suspect that something else could
be wrong causing you to continually burn up alternators. have you gone over
your wiring thoroughly? any possibility of getting a direct ground
somewhere?

i had an alternator go out once that was $398 OEM or $48 autozone. that
autozone alternator lasted me several hundred thousand miles and to this day
if its something easily swapped i go for autozone parts. for things like
clutch disks that require extensive effort to replace i go with either OEM
or high performance aftermarket but for something like a 20 minute
alternator swap i cant see paying 4 times the price.

--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com

 

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> I
> went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit.

hi paul,
its not unusual to get a bad one, but to go through 5 (plus one that was
rebuilt locally) it would make me at least suspect that something else could
be wrong causing you to continually burn up alternators. have you gone over
your wiring thoroughly? any possibility of getting a direct ground
somewhere?

i had an alternator go out once that was $398 OEM or $48 autozone. that
autozone alternator lasted me several hundred thousand miles and to this day
if its something easily swapped i go for autozone parts. for things like
clutch disks that require extensive effort to replace i go with either OEM
or high performance aftermarket but for something like a 20 minute
alternator swap i cant see paying 4 times the price.

--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com

 

"Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> I
> went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit.

hi paul,
its not unusual to get a bad one, but to go through 5 (plus one that was
rebuilt locally) it would make me at least suspect that something else could
be wrong causing you to continually burn up alternators. have you gone over
your wiring thoroughly? any possibility of getting a direct ground
somewhere?

i had an alternator go out once that was $398 OEM or $48 autozone. that
autozone alternator lasted me several hundred thousand miles and to this day
if its something easily swapped i go for autozone parts. for things like
clutch disks that require extensive effort to replace i go with either OEM
or high performance aftermarket but for something like a 20 minute
alternator swap i cant see paying 4 times the price.

--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com

 

Hey Nathan,

The direct ground thing? I don't have a battery drain. I left this car for
a week at a time and still had a good start up.

--
Thanks Always !!!
Paul '75 CJ5 258
Vail, CO.
"Nathan Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:VrbEb.135660$Vu5.8463131@twister.southeast.rr .com...
> "Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > I
> > went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit.
>
> hi paul,
> its not unusual to get a bad one, but to go through 5 (plus one that was
> rebuilt locally) it would make me at least suspect that something else
could
> be wrong causing you to continually burn up alternators. have you gone
over
> your wiring thoroughly? any possibility of getting a direct ground
> somewhere?
>
> i had an alternator go out once that was $398 OEM or $48 autozone. that
> autozone alternator lasted me several hundred thousand miles and to this
day
> if its something easily swapped i go for autozone parts. for things like
> clutch disks that require extensive effort to replace i go with either OEM
> or high performance aftermarket but for something like a 20 minute
> alternator swap i cant see paying 4 times the price.
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
> http://UtilityOffRoad.com
>
>
>

 

Hey Nathan,

The direct ground thing? I don't have a battery drain. I left this car for
a week at a time and still had a good start up.

--
Thanks Always !!!
Paul '75 CJ5 258
Vail, CO.
"Nathan Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:VrbEb.135660$Vu5.8463131@twister.southeast.rr .com...
> "Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > I
> > went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit.
>
> hi paul,
> its not unusual to get a bad one, but to go through 5 (plus one that was
> rebuilt locally) it would make me at least suspect that something else
could
> be wrong causing you to continually burn up alternators. have you gone
over
> your wiring thoroughly? any possibility of getting a direct ground
> somewhere?
>
> i had an alternator go out once that was $398 OEM or $48 autozone. that
> autozone alternator lasted me several hundred thousand miles and to this
day
> if its something easily swapped i go for autozone parts. for things like
> clutch disks that require extensive effort to replace i go with either OEM
> or high performance aftermarket but for something like a 20 minute
> alternator swap i cant see paying 4 times the price.
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
> http://UtilityOffRoad.com
>
>
>

 

Hey Nathan,

The direct ground thing? I don't have a battery drain. I left this car for
a week at a time and still had a good start up.

--
Thanks Always !!!
Paul '75 CJ5 258
Vail, CO.
"Nathan Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> wrote in message
news:VrbEb.135660$Vu5.8463131@twister.southeast.rr .com...
> "Paul Brogren" <pibrogren@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:brrcfc$5s8aa$1@ID-190695.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > I
> > went to Auto Zone and got a life time warrantee unit.
>
> hi paul,
> its not unusual to get a bad one, but to go through 5 (plus one that was
> rebuilt locally) it would make me at least suspect that something else
could
> be wrong causing you to continually burn up alternators. have you gone
over
> your wiring thoroughly? any possibility of getting a direct ground
> somewhere?
>
> i had an alternator go out once that was $398 OEM or $48 autozone. that
> autozone alternator lasted me several hundred thousand miles and to this
day
> if its something easily swapped i go for autozone parts. for things like
> clutch disks that require extensive effort to replace i go with either OEM
> or high performance aftermarket but for something like a 20 minute
> alternator swap i cant see paying 4 times the price.
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
> http://UtilityOffRoad.com
>
>
>