Alternator: Autozone Duralast

[Jamesp]

I've not bought a Duralast alternator for the box, but I have used them on other vehicles, and have never replaced them, either sold the vehicle or continued to drive them. I've about 150k miles on one in my 97 Explorer. The parts all used to be "lifetime" now I'm seeing "3 year". Bought the Exploder alternator as "lifetime", it will be interesting to see what happens if it fails. If I need one for the Box, it will definitely be from Autozone.

[CoBeerToad]

Bought mine from Autozone. Looked like a perfect match to me. Fit right in. I don't know how many miles I have on it as the car has been on blocks for a couple months fixing everything else. Somewhere in the 2k-4k range and no issues.

I'm not super concerned with a cheap alternator. If it goes bad, it won't kill anything else. And usually, I'll have a warning or two before it goes completely. I was scared to get the Autozone water pump though.

ETA: 1997 986

[patssle]

What about a third option....get your current alternator rebuilt by a local alternator shop. I did that for my 914 starter and 911sc alternator.