90' 200 alternator flaky update

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

Thanks, but just remember.... This this was a GM truck, my 2003 Escalade
EXT.  Alternator right on top and to release the serpentine belt tensioner
all you need is a 1/2 drive tool (no, not a socket... the square part of a
ratchet or breaker bar).  Still, I felt like a hero.  =)

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have to say I'm impressed too. I would have been lost at such a moment.
> Props my friend!
>
> Vincent
>  On Feb 9, 2011 10:38 AM, "Louis-Alain Richard" <laraa at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> > Mark, I'm impressed. Don't worry about recognition from other "normal"
> > people, we (the people who can appreciate a good wrenching in situ) are a
> > rare bunch...
> >
> > Louis-ALain
> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> >
> >
> >
> > That said, I had a new "Napa Gold" (new, not rebuilt) fail on me. The
> > kicker was, my stock alternator was just starting to have bearing whine
> > around 120,000 miles. The new alternator failed so badly after about
> 3,000
> > miles it literally locked up. Couldn't spin in either direction and it
> > quickly destroyed the (also new) serpentine belt. Never saw that one
> > before! I literally changed the alternator and serpentine belt on the
> side
> > of the road with tools I happen to have in the truck. Personally, I was
> > impressed... my wife sat in her car reading her Kindle. JUST as I started
> > it up and closed the hood, it started to rain. So I went over to my
> wife's
> > car and said, "so, are you impressed?" Sadly, she said, "no, not really.
> > Can we go back to the boat now?"
> >
> > Mark Rosenkrantz
> >
> >
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