long time reader first time posting anything, anywho i gots a 94 LX 2 door and a ity bitty stereo thats throwing about 1000 watts where it stands now. of course that in turn murdered my poor alternator.

i just ordered a 130 amp i believe off of www.mralternator.com but i don't really feel like dropping more money having some grease monkey install it for me.

so the question is, after throwin all that crap around, how hard is it to replace a alternator on an accord? assume i'm pretty decent working on engines and i'll have the correct tools.

Thanks.

 

feel free to reply on here anyone.. i know you're reading it

 

on a 5th gen, its not that bad to change an alternator... because of its location... you should be able to change it by yourself.

 

ok any sort of tips or perhaps a step by step i could follow? right now i'm just doing car stereo so the engine has been foriegn to me as of late

 

I personally have not changed the alternator in my or any 5th gen... as of yet.

If you loosen all the bolts first, the belt will become loose enough to remove the alternator... just pop all the bolts out, disconnect the wirring, swap the pulley from the old to the new... reinstall the new alternator and re-connect the wirring... make sure you tighten the belt too... this may require using a long pry bar against the alternator housing and then tighten the adjustment bolt, which is just one of the mounting bolts that is in a slotted hole. Be careful not to tighten the bolts too much, as you can strip the threads in the mounts.

 

You can just go to any parts store and buy a Helms book or something similar on your car and it will detail everything you need to know about your car including how to take out and replace the alternator.

 

Yeah, that too.

 

hey that would be money coming out of my rims fund why use the book when i have a few dozen experts on here?

Thanks Sumguy that will do nicely.. exactly as i thought.