stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS) (02/07/85)
My wife owns a '78 Plymouth Horizon. One of it's more irritating problems is the rate at which it goes through alternators. After going through several rebuilt alternators, I have become convinced that there is a pathalogical flaw in either the field of stator coil design. The reason for this conclusion is that the odds of getting a working alternator from a rebuild shop is about 30%. New regulators and brushes just don't seem to be enough. Anyone out there have the same problem? Jim ihnp4!hou2g!stekas
prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) (02/07/85)
<> From stekas@hou2g.UUCP (Jim Stekas): >My wife owns a '78 Plymouth Horizon. One of it's more irritating >problems is the rate at which it goes through alternators. After >going through several rebuilt alternators, I have become convinced >that there is a pathalogical flaw in either the field of stator >coil design. The reason for this conclusion is that the odds of >getting a working alternator from a rebuild shop is about 30%. >New regulators and brushes just don't seem to be enough. Anyone >out there have the same problem? My family owns a 1982 Plymouth Reliant. It has less than 20,000 miles on it, and it is on its third alternator, and its second voltage regulator. All the Chrysler products we have had have had electrical problems. What's worse is that I still don't think that the electrical system on our Reliant is right, the lights seem to flicker a lot..... Dennis -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB ARPA: prophet@Maryland
mlf@panda.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum) (02/08/85)
Well, maybe some Chrysler alternators don't work, but some do. I sold my '65 Dart with 120K miles on it, original alternator, one new regulator (electro-mechanical). '71 Valiant died in an accident at 55K miles with the original electrical system. '72 Valiant's alternator died at 110K miles, though it ate a couple of regulators (electronic) along the way. '83 Aries (same as Reliant) has 30K miles and no electrical problems. -- Matt Fichtenbaum "Our job is to rescue fires, not put out your cat."
review@drutx.UUCP (Millham) (02/11/85)
My '84 Dodge Daytona Turbo has 20000 miles, and has had no problems yet. What kind of alternator do you have? Mine is a Bosh. -------------------------------------------- Brian Millham AT & T Information Systems Denver, Co. ...!inhp4!drutx!review
lazeldes@wlcrjs.UUCP (Leah A Zeldes) (02/12/85)
I've owned a 1970 Plymouth Duster for about eight years, and for a while I thought the thing ate alternators. I was replacing them at least once a year, and sometimes more often. Usually these were rebuilts. The car had other electrical funnies too. Two years ago, I was driving from Detroit to Chicago and the alternator went in Kalamazoo. I bought a used (used-used, not used-rebuilt) alternator for $15, and it's worked fine ever since. I have no explanation for why the thing is working so well. About a year ago I had the electrical system traced down and they found a short where a lightbulb was burnt out over the ignition. Maybe fixing that helped. Maybe I just got lucky.... -- Leah A Zeldes ...ihnp4!wlcrjs!lazeldes