After new tb, pulleys, tensioner, water pump, thermostat, belts... a day later my alt went out. Had a lifetime warranty on the beck-arnley I bought at Kragen 2 1/2 years ago. By the way, what i heard is that b-a's are really hitachis which are the oem's..anyone heard different/same? Anyway back to the nightmare. Ordered replacement alt Wed; Thr of Fri the wrong brand came in, Sat the B-A came in and failed bench test before i put it on (I had them bench it since a failed one came in years ago. Then Tues another alt came in, wrong brand again, then Thur another b-a which again failed the bench again. Demanded and got (after dealing with mngr and district mngr) my money back from 2.5 years ago $271 (the alt, core charge, tax). Turns out there is power source only a few blocks away from me and got me a 70 amp instead of 60 (same price though), new ,not rebuilt, hitachi for 130 bucks (no core either). The 70 amp did have a 6 instead of 4 groove pulley but its been good for the last 5 days, let you know if that changes.. I also did have to hammer the sleeve in a bit further but no biggie. Quality power
www.qualitypowerauto.com is the name of the shop, Ron from there said what doesnt show on his web, he can order (like mine). Take care all
06-29-2008, 01:46 PM
