Help With A 96 Rodeo That Wont Charge

Please help me with this. I have a 1996 Rodeo and the battery wont charge. I have gone through two alternators in the past 3 months and it has a brand new battery also. The second time the alternator went out I had just turned on the A/C and then the voltmeter on the dash went to 8 volts and my charge like and all the other lights on the dash came on. I put in a new alternator and now it will not charge and I have had the new alternator tested two times and it still wont help. Now the A/C and the heater will not work and after looking at a wiring diagram one of the 4 wires that comes of the alternator goes to the charge light and to the A/C system. Any help would sure be nice.
Thanks, Dan

Isuzu's don't like aftermarket Alt.

Search here for like 100 posts on this.

Stop wasting your time with aftermarket Alt's - get yourself a Bosch "hot" alternator, about $200 or so, but it's worth it. Comes with a 2yr warranty as well.

My '97 Rodeo ate through 3 aftermarket alt's before I bought the Bosch, all within 1 summer. Make sure you have a good battery as well.

These Isuzu's are volt happy vehicles, if anything's weak, it'll get eaten.

Know where I can pick one up?

Thanks for the info, but i went to Boush's website and they say they dont make one for it. Does any one know the part nuber for the Boush Hot Alternator.

Looking for more info, too! Thanks!

Yes, I have the part# and I will get it for you. Bosch DOES indeed make one, I can show them if need be :lol:

I'm at work right now, don't have the paperwork here, but I'll post the part# when I get home. I *may* have at one time, posted it here on this site somewhere within the last month or so, I believe. But not everyone has time to keep searching old threads, I do understand that so I'll get it for ya both tonight.

You know we should make a sticky thread about how sensitive these trucks are to volts and choosing just any alternator so that hopefully we can spare owners the hassle of lost money/time on cheapies that don't hold.

Found it - Bosch alt part# AL 4439 X

Hope this helps.

Thanks!

I looked online for it, I can't find it either. Wonder if they stopped making it, I did buy mine almost 2yrs ago.

I looked online for it, I can't find it either. Wonder if they stopped making it, I did buy mine almost 2yrs ago.I guess you didn't look here (http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/catalog.php?carcode=1176982&parttype=2412&partGroup=18&EPImodelID=524&EPIengineID=619)? :naughty:

Wow - that's a little bit more then what I paid for it.