Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:06:46 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnospamfitterjdruibwa4quiberffd.com> Subject: Re: New to saab, sucks so far.
Zon wrote: > > If they are not able to rebuild the alternator, you can buy one at > www.eeuroparts.com for $180. Saab dealer is rarely the best place to buy > parts for aging cars. > > And no, I have no connections to Europarts other than that I have purchased > a part of two from them, and always got good stuff. > > BR:Z Since my 1993 Saab 9000 is absolutely fine, I can only tell the alternator story about my FIAT Croma. As others have said, I don't think you can blame the car for the alternator, they come in Bosch and Lucas and maybe others. Even same car production line might fit Bosch, then run out of stock and fit Lucas the next day. Well I was a poor student, so I picked a refurbished replacement alternator for my Croma. In the way home from a holiday in france, the engine became very hot from pulling the alternator around! Eventually, the drive belt was torn to screeds and the engine was free - what a marvelous engine it suddenly became. However, battery power was not likely to take me very far, especially for the evening when you need the headlights. Luckily I had break down insurance. It was sunday afternoon, I drove around with the french recovery service at strange alleys until he eventually locked himself into a depot and picked up an alternator, presumably for a Renault, but that was all he could find. Back to the workshop. The alternator didn't fit, the drive wheel didn't stick out long enough. But the ingenious mechanics, working overtime sunday afternoon, made up an extension and all was well. This alternator kept working for years afterwards.
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