my mate's car wont start she had to call out recovery because i was unavailable to go jump her, she did unfortunately get another friend to do it but they managed to melt the leads whoops defo went wrong connecting the leads well cut a story short recovery bloke said she will need a new alternator, what would be the costs of having this repair done at a garage, or how would i go about changing it myself if i were to get the part im pretty niffy with my hands and do quite a lot of work on me own carHow to change alternator?Garages can have a right old field day with alternators and regularly do! Charging literally anything up to 300!
I wouldn't even get a new unit - get the blown one fixed. They are pretty much infinitely repairable. Check out the yellow pages under auto-electrics etc. There are people in most areas who specialise in just alternators, dynamos and magnetos etc.
They are only a real pain to change on some modern cars where they are buried under other components.
-|--)How to change alternator?It's fairly simple to change out an alternator. There are typically 1-2 bolts, and 1-2 wire connections (usually a cable held on with a nut on a stud, and an electrical connector). The alternator is usually toward the top of the engine, making it pretty easy to get to.How to change alternator?yes you can do it, but i recommend buying a cheap set of sockets and end wrenches,and from the sounds of your typoaccent,metric.read any instructions in the box.sometimes there are special replacement parts or special instructions.
