What have the rest of you guys paid for a new alternator, plus labor?

[AB18]

Yes, still alive. My alternator decided to die on my yesterday and let me sit along the interstate. I had a buddy bring me a new battery, just to bring it to a shop. I have no tools at school, so a diy wasn't in order. I took it to Petes euro techniques in Pittsburgh, PA. What have the rest of you guys paid?

[AB18]

Yes, still alive. My alternator decided to die on me yesterday and let me sit along the interstate. I had a buddy bring me a new battery, just enough to bring it to a shop. I have no tools at school, so a diy wasn't in order. I took it to Petes euro techniques in Pittsburgh, PA. What have the rest of you guys paid?

[s42k5b]

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...ternator+labor

[s42k5b]

it going to be atleast 5 hours of labor..

[mholme]

I'd guess a minimum of 3 hours labor. The car is going into service position to get to two bolts..It's not a bad DIY and you only need a handful of tools.

[AB18]

Yeah, i got an estimate from the shop for about 700, needless to say im not happy about it.

[nocturnals4]

bought my alternator for 145 from aftermarket and installed myself.

[mholme]

Yeah, i got an estimate from the shop for about 700, needless to say im not happy about it.

Even if you had to buy the tools, you could do it for 1/3 of that, with the cost of the alternator.

[turbow8]

Did mine last week, four and a half hours and have never done it before. part cost 129.99. I did buy a torx set that ran me 25-30 bucks though, rest of the tools are common ones.

I used this write-up, I stopped where it had you drain the rad. cause you don't need to, to get to the alternator. Hope this give you encouragement. really simple and straight forward.

Link found here -> http://www.audiworld.com/tech/eng63.shtml

[OldYella]

Whered you guys find these 130 dollar units? I couldnt find anything under 220? Are they bosch/Valeo?