11-19-2010, 11:43 AM
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Q: alternator
so of course i'm on a trip, 1300 miles from home.
battery light comes on. made it to an o'reilly's and they hooked up their tool. guy said the alternator was shot ( i figured since the light came on while driving ). ordered a replacement that they will have in the morning.
my question is, i know in general is something else like the regulator or the rectifier which can be replaced more cheaply. however i'm in commerce, tx - 80 miles or so from the nearest porsche shop...
if i replace the alternator does that include the probably bad parts or are those separate?
already found mike foke's write up on how to replace so it looks like i'll be replacing the alternator ( something i've never done ) in a hotel parking lot - interesting...
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11-19-2010, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by tonycarreon
so of course i'm on a trip, 1300 miles from home.
battery light comes on. made it to an o'reilly's and they hooked up their tool. guy said the alternator was shot ( i figured since the light came on while driving ). ordered a replacement that they will have in the morning.
my question is, i know in general is something else like the regulator or the rectifier which can be replaced more cheaply. however i'm in commerce, tx - 80 miles or so from the nearest porsche shop...
if i replace the alternator does that include the probably bad parts or are those separate?
already found mike foke's write up on how to replace so it looks like i'll be replacing the alternator ( something i've never done ) in a hotel parking lot - interesting...
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The voltage regulator is in the alternator, so if you get a new/rebuilt unit, it should already have one..........
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11-20-2010, 07:53 AM
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Am I missing a part? I can't get the alternator out. I took out the roller bolt and the bolt on the bottom left. I pried it up and now it seems wedged in.
Help?
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11-20-2010, 07:58 AM
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the only help i can add is to be extra careful with the lower bracket. it seems to be pictured alot broken
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11-20-2010, 08:10 AM
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yeah i can imagine. i finally got it out, just took more force than i really wanted to use. and then it popped out - it must have been really tight on the right side bolt because it was just wanting to pivot there.
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11-20-2010, 04:47 PM
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Tony...
I know its now too late, but on the lower left hand side (@ 7 o'clock position) of the alternator, you can see the black plastic inducton plennum bolted to the cylinder head.
If you remove the nearest bolt you can see (10mm) holding the plennum to the head, it allows the alternator to swivel round and removal is easy.... Installation of the new alternator is also much easier too.
Don't forget to re install the bolt !!
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Last edited by Steve Tinker; 11-20-2010 at 04:51 PM.
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11-22-2010, 06:37 AM
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Woah.. that exact thing happend to me about 1400km from home.. and 400 km from the closest Porsche dealer!.. and they couldnt have it before 1 week!..
that was a pain.. :P
I had to have it towed to a BMW dealer 250km from where I was and found an alternator from a part store around with a Overnight shipping fee.. 
Ended up fine.. but you never want these thing to happend far from home.. :P
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