smhorsley

i need help i wuld like to know how to take the alternator off of my 94 honda accord lx so that I can take it to a parts store to check it to see if its any good. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

nspec_Cd5

dont take it off. just take it to autozone and they'll check it for you for free.

they have a tester in which they can check the battery and the altenator at the same time.

v6_accord_jerz

Not all of them do, some do require that you take them out since some have the desktop tester in the store. What I did with my 98 accord was go to Sears. They'll put a load on it and they'll tell you if it's the battery or the alternator. When I went they put a load on it and it was faulty so I replaced and it and my power/starting problems went away.

smhorsley

yeah well the only reason i was wanting to take it off is because everytime I drive the car it will run fine for a while but then the gauges go haywire and the car just cuts off, then i look under the hood and its the plug that goes into the alternator, push it back in and we r good to go. But I have gone through 2 brand new batteries in the last couple days thats why im thinking its the alternator.

JimBlake

Sounds like it's not the alternator or the battery. It's the little plastic clips that hold the wiring harness plug into the alternator.

Make a little bracket or clamp to hold that plug together, or get a new plug/pigtail & splice it in...

nspec_Cd5

or "duct tape" it

smhorsley

well i checked into the price of the wiring harness and for that car its like $400. so u think that me makin a bracket or clamp will work and it wont come off again? and I havent driven it since when i first posted on here and it keeps draining the battery U think it will help?

Fuse

Just get the same connector from another car cut all the wires and butt connect or solder the wires back to gather. Connectors also come apart pull the blue or white cover and you will see the pin locks you then pull them back and you can pull out the pin and put the pins into the other connector(mark where thy came from).

A quick check to see if the alternator is working.Engine off 12v at the battery.Engine on 14v at the battery. Just for you.

JimBlake

If it keeps coming out, then all you have to do is decide which method (several suggested here in this thread) you want to use to hold it in place.

If the plug stays in, but the battery is still draining, then look for some additional problem. Same thing if you don't even drive it, and the battery keeps draining...