I think my alternator crap the bed on me tonight... Does anyone on here have instructions on replacing the alternator?

Thanks for the help!

Im assuming i need to replace the battery too right? its dead right now...?

 

Can anyone out there help? My car is stuck away from home, and want to swap this out today. im just wondering what the best steps are on swaping this out.

Thanks

 

Unless you drove your car for more than 10-15 minutes with the alternator dead, your battery is likely OK.

Alternator is pretty straight forward.

There's three bolts that hold the alternator (2 infront & 1 on the back--also you'll need to loosen the bracket that holds it in place, it's further back in the engine bay. Disconnet the (-) battery cable, loosen the alternator, disconect the alternator cable (looks like a spark plug wire) and then there's the connection that just snaps in (be careful with that one because the wire on it is real thin). And don't forget to take the belt off the accesories--there's a tensioner pulley right below the alternator, turn it to your left and you can start to see the belt coming loose. For the bolts you'll need 13mm & 10mm if you have both sockets & wrenches it'll help alot.

 

perfect. thank you.... so to loosen the tensioner, i have to turn the bolt on the tensioner clockwise?

 

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the help!!! I replaced it and it took me about 20 mins to do.
3 bolts, 2 cables, and 1 serp belt de-tensioned.
installed the new one, and jumped the car, and boom! its back to normal with no problems!

Thanks again!

Marc