alternator

hey, i just want to know if a four door alternator would be similar to a H/B alternator. I fried my old one and found one in the J/Y and was just wondring. I have a 1.5 litre and im pretty sure the four door is a 1.6. Or do that even matter??

I think the 1.5's use a Mitsubishi alt not completely sure though, I do know that the 1.6's use a Nippon Denso alt I think the difference between them is how many grooves there are on the, shit i don't remember what it's called, the black round thing that the belt attaches to. If that's the case, you wouldn't be able to use that alt, but don't take my word for it, stick you head in there and check

I think the difference between them is how many grooves there are on the, shit i don't remember what it's called, the black round thing that the belt attaches to.

Pulley:devil:

as far as i know all civic alternators 88-95(D-series) are the same, the 96+(D-series) are the same too, but the plug hole is different on the alternator.....Ours are round, the 96+ are like square or something...

I think the 1.5's use a Mitsubishi alt not completely sure though, I do know that the 1.6's use a Nippon Denso alt

my d16 has mitsubishi alt!

I just checked on the Majestic honda site and they list the same part number for the Mitsubishi and the Nippon Denso alts (interchangeable?) for our generation Civics.

One thing though, they list different pulley part numbers for each alt (different diameter, or number of ribs?).
Good Luck. :)

Call a Honda parts department they will be able to provide you with the correct information.

bah, come 2 Canadian tire, see me, and i'll get u a price hehe

I think the Mitsubishi alts are ones people put on their car after their stock alternators broke. I had a Mitsu alt come off my 1.5. But I can't imagine Honda putting Mitsubishi parts on their cars from the factory. I think Denso and maybe Mashishita or something are the stock ones.

alright, i work tommorow, i'll check the computer when i get a chance and see what the brand names are for the alts, i think theres 2 names cuz i was checkin prices the other day

Originally posted by jackasssi


Pulley:devil:

lol...thanks, i had a major brain fart...i feel like a jackass now :o

i had denso on both my 88dx and my 90 si........ so i dun know, and if the 4door that you are talkin about is a 1.6 then he has 10.3" rotors, rear disc, MPFI, d16a6, power windows, etc... thats a lot yo, buy that shit!! Or, unless it has DPFI, then its a dx or a lx and those were 1.5 liter motots.....

my car doesn't have rear disc and it's an EX i though only the tegs got rear discs for that time period :confused:

no, the EX's had rear disc and the 90-91 CRX Si's had disc, those are the only ones!

iight i went back and it was seized up so its a no go, so im stuck without an alternator till tuesday when my new one gets in. They are frickin hard to get out!!!:eek:

If you can't fish the alternator out than remove one of the axles and lower it straight down. It takes me about 15 minutes to pull an axle.

yeh i finally got it out, i had to get it out on the left side of the manifold, it came out pretty easily, just had to push sum hoses out of the way:)

damn, i need to remove my master cylinder everytime to get my alternator out, its much easier than removing the axle..

I take off the mounting bracket, takes me 10 minutes to remove/install an alternator.

That's what I did, came out pretty easy.:)

Originally posted by MyFirst4G
no, the EX's had rear disc and the 90-91 CRX Si's had disc, those are the only ones!

nope sorry, i have a 90 EX sitting in my driveway and it has drums in the back

Originally posted by GScivic7


nope sorry, i have a 90 EX sitting in my driveway and it has drums in the back

maybe someone pulled an ami on your car and stole the disks! .... :silly2:

i checked on autotrader to make sure i wasn't making an ass of myself, it says on there too that the EX and Si were both disc/drum