best place to get an alternator?
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best place to get an alternator?
Just as the title suggests. Alternator is going out on my 84-SE, and I need to get a new one. Who sells good stuff for good prices?
Any issue with just getting an Autozone one? (if they have them, haven't checked.)
(and why the hell would an 02 sensor cost $207 from mazda trix?? No I didn't buy it)
Any issue with just getting an Autozone one? (if they have them, haven't checked.)
(and why the hell would an 02 sensor cost $207 from mazda trix?? No I didn't buy it)
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Usually you can get rebuilt ones relatively inexpensively, though I know in SoCal they cost a fortune compared to Canadian prices. I recently helped a friend swap out the alternator in his Ford Ranger (uses a lot of Mazda parts) and what would have been a $60 alternator in Saskatoon was $299 in Northridge.
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Get a second gen alt and change over the fusible links to a second gen fuse block. Hanman's old post on this is very good. I got a second gen boneyard alt and it is fine. Cost 50 bucks. Don't pay a boneyard any more than a core charge for an alternator. If you get a used one, beware of the auto shops that have testers for these. I tested one at our local Schucks and it read bad so I got another and it tested bad too! No way I say and trot off to another store where both test out ok. The 86/87 alts with an 80 amp main buss are great. Be sure to get the bolt and the spacer on the bolt if you pull one from a yard.
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Yeah, I wouldn't pay over 200. I have seen several performance companies selling after market alt's for under 200 with almost twice as many amps. I would get one from like autozone or kragen cause they give you lifetime warranties.
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