Re: [xj-s] '84 XJS Alternator Replacement

At 10:18 10-07-98 -0500, dmeadow@juno.com wrote: >$40 is pretty cheap for a rebuilt GM alternator, and I would be wary of >the source. There are cheap rebuilds and then there are good rebuilds. Heh - one of the rules I go by is that the harder it is to replace something, the more imperative it is that you replace it with a quality component. I value my time too much - and repeating tedious jobs isn't my idea of cost efficiency - even if the original "cheaper" one comes with a warranty - *I* amd the one stuck doing the re-work. If doing this conversion for the first time, I'd probably put in a NEW unit, then put off worrying about the quality of it for some time. Not that rebuild components can't be just as good or (with improvements - like stainless sleeves on master cylinders, or up-spec'd components) even better than an original, just when something goes wrong, I'd rather think it was because of something I did wrong, not because I got a rebuild from someone who was eager to break a "most rebuilds in an hour" record. >done to it, and it came with a lifetime warranty. I think Pep Boys will >be in business next week, but I'm not sure about the cigar smoker. Unfortunatley, he will be - there's lots of people to be first-time customers. --- <http://jaguar.professional.org/> Sean Straw '88 Jaguar XJSC 5.3L V12 Marin County, California '69 Buick GranSport 455 V8

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