View Single Post
Old 10-26-2010, 11:24 PM   #10
KF5BET
Senior Member
 
KF5BET's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Lafayette, LA
Posts: 507
Default

New update...11 months later....

Alternator went out again. Went to go to work last Thursday morning and got a block away from the house and noticed that the battery light was on. Went back to the house and threw a meter on it and "NO OUTPUT".


Called the Ford dealership here and was informed it was out of warranty (not by months but by mileage: 3000 miles over). Fords warrantyh was 12 mos/ 12000 miles.

After some dilemma on whether to buy aftermarket or OEM, took it to an independent alternator shop which was recommended to me. The guy told me he knew what was wrong with it before he even opened it up. The regulator is plastic and the heat will make the plastic expand and contract which will loosen the three screws holding it in place.

Sure enough, $36.00 later and ten minutes to put it back in the truck and I am back on the road.

Thought you guys with power strokes might want to know for your own info. Don't want anyone to spend $300 on a alternator that they don't necessarily need.
__________________
Galen - KF5BET
Crysti - "the CHIEF"
Abbi - KF5BEW dd
Kendra - KF5FYS dd
Maggie - Cat chaser
2005 F250, 1996 Nomad
KF5BET is offline   Reply With Quote