Nahh, I just wanted to get it swapped at that point. It appeared to be the original alternator (not bad for 266k!) and I was afraid I might break the plastic tabs that hold the back cover on. Didn't want to goober up my core...
Dan On Oct 21, 2014, at 9:19 PM, Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats! > > Did you try pulling the brushes once the alt was out of the car? > > > >> Replaced the alternator with an Advanced Auto lifetime warranty Bosch reman. >> $135 when it was all said and done. >> >> When I got under the car there was no way I could get the back cover off in >> situ, so I went ahead and just pulled the alternator. >> >> Relatively simple job, except getting it out. MB recommends pulling the >> fan, but that was going to be a PITA so I dropped the sway bar, which was >> far easier and much less intrusive. >> >> I struggled for a little bit with deciding to go with the FLAPS reman, but >> the more I thought about it, this is a $1200 car, so why should I be >> investing big bucks in it? >> >> Everything is back together, it's charging up a storm, and all is well. Not >> a bad job at all, maybe a total of an hour and a half start to finish. >> >> >> Dan >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
