Was: Re: quattro Digest, Vol 51, Issue 44, but we're talking about "lock carriers"

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

Isn't an Escalade a glorified Suburban?  Which in turn, is a GMC/Chevy 3500
pickup?  Therefore, it should be simple...or shouldn't it?  However, needing
an alternator at 85K, I would wonder about American engineering...

On Jan 29, 2008 4:37 PM, John Larson <westcoast at mypowerpipe.com> wrote:

> You said, in part:
>
> "FWIW, my Cadillac Escalade looks like it might need an alternator soon
> (at
> only 85,000 miles since I purchased it new).  Starting to drop voltage
> occasionally at low RPM.  The beauty?  Right on top of the engine.
>  Probably
> a 10 minute job, including getting the tools.  Special tensioner tool?
>  1/2"
> breaker bar (or ratchet).  Sometimes (and I hate to admit this), I really
> admire American engineering."
>
> You mean like the "American engineering" that uses the engine ECU as the
> voltage regulator?
> That engineering?  I dunno if GM does this, but you'd better be real sure
> the alternator's the problem before you spend the bucks ............
>
> On the flip side, there's the big BMWs with the alternator right out there
> where you can get to it.  Of course it's water cooled and costs more than
> your house (and it has an abysmal failure rate ............
>
> John
>
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