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cadillackman
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29! But we're much better now....
2700 posts a troll does not make....
You gotta do better than that if you expect to enter into "trolldom" mybrutha
ford nut
Local nut case
lunchmeat
Well-Known LVC Member
Wow!
kustomizingkid
Dedicated LVC Member
Jesus Christ... I'm a 20 year old college student and I have $200 laying around lol...
Ford Nut knows a thing or two about money thats for sure...
Ford Nut knows a thing or two about money thats for sure...
Used alternator for $50 or less. Get one from a 96+ modular as they are 130 amps instead of 120 from earlier and are better built. I paid $20 for the one I got for my old 94 and never had a problem with it. I'm sure as hell not broke, but I am cheap.
mikemark8
Well-Known LVC Member
I scored a 14...
this thread will raise my score though. I can usually afford to buy the best, but the 'best' is what I think it is-like the USED air springs that I bought 3 years ago now, that still do not leak-I paid less than $150 for both, with shipping. The air springs are like BIC lighters in my opinion, so I will take a chance on used knowing that they go bad anyway. risk but it worked out. Almost like tires, except usually I buy them new...removed ones still have plenty tread left, and I sell them used to offset the price of my new ones.
I could have bought a OEM alternator when I thought my OEM alternator was not doing well (see the clue here?), but I paid a little over $200 and got a high-output 220 amp/ alternator that has also been in for almost 3 years...and it works well, too, so far. I read all kinds of posts on here about NOT using platinum plugs, especially Bosch...guess what, I did anyway, and I have NO issues at all, runs like a top. Platinum, too, I won't have to change them for a long time, which is good as far as I am concerned, since I hated the way the plugs felt coming out-aluminum threads being what they are, less plug changes are better IMO.
I even have a CAI, with an open element-it is sealed off with a home made 'icebox', and when I datalog I get consistent temps of -10 to -15 degrees from the OEM box. But I know that goes against popular 'wisdom' here. I have a TransGo shift kit, I installed it and love it-not popular here though.
I bought a Sniper tuner on here, through a group buy, and through the recommendation of a very knowledgable admin-it is a waste of money IMO for a Lincoln, it does not do half of what it said it would do , and Sniper's support leaves a lot to be desired. win some, lose some although at the time I did not hear as much negative as I do now. O well.
If you need an alternator, I have my OEM that I removed, it is on the shelf, I kept it as a backup in case my 220 amp was not going to perform-it did work, just did not give me confidence it could handle the startup loads these things face, so I removed it and the new one worked for me. I'll be glad to help out and ship it to you until you can buy one (my opinion, if OEM are so great, why do people have to replace them so often?)-then you can send it back to me or, if someone else here is in the same boat later, you can send it to them...paying it forward so to speak. PM me, and don't confuse opinions here with facts. Opinions are like, well, ya know, but facts speak for themselves.
this thread will raise my score though. I can usually afford to buy the best, but the 'best' is what I think it is-like the USED air springs that I bought 3 years ago now, that still do not leak-I paid less than $150 for both, with shipping. The air springs are like BIC lighters in my opinion, so I will take a chance on used knowing that they go bad anyway. risk but it worked out. Almost like tires, except usually I buy them new...removed ones still have plenty tread left, and I sell them used to offset the price of my new ones.
I could have bought a OEM alternator when I thought my OEM alternator was not doing well (see the clue here?), but I paid a little over $200 and got a high-output 220 amp/ alternator that has also been in for almost 3 years...and it works well, too, so far. I read all kinds of posts on here about NOT using platinum plugs, especially Bosch...guess what, I did anyway, and I have NO issues at all, runs like a top. Platinum, too, I won't have to change them for a long time, which is good as far as I am concerned, since I hated the way the plugs felt coming out-aluminum threads being what they are, less plug changes are better IMO.
I even have a CAI, with an open element-it is sealed off with a home made 'icebox', and when I datalog I get consistent temps of -10 to -15 degrees from the OEM box. But I know that goes against popular 'wisdom' here. I have a TransGo shift kit, I installed it and love it-not popular here though.
I bought a Sniper tuner on here, through a group buy, and through the recommendation of a very knowledgable admin-it is a waste of money IMO for a Lincoln, it does not do half of what it said it would do , and Sniper's support leaves a lot to be desired. win some, lose some although at the time I did not hear as much negative as I do now. O well.
If you need an alternator, I have my OEM that I removed, it is on the shelf, I kept it as a backup in case my 220 amp was not going to perform-it did work, just did not give me confidence it could handle the startup loads these things face, so I removed it and the new one worked for me. I'll be glad to help out and ship it to you until you can buy one (my opinion, if OEM are so great, why do people have to replace them so often?)-then you can send it back to me or, if someone else here is in the same boat later, you can send it to them...paying it forward so to speak. PM me, and don't confuse opinions here with facts. Opinions are like, well, ya know, but facts speak for themselves.
lunchmeat
Well-Known LVC Member
Thanks alot but I'm just gonna go buy a new one on friday when I get paid.
MediumD
Dedicated LVC Member
Yep you right...less likely to happen....I think Max said two he has sold over the years were bad.
Thanks for proving my point.
I would go with the odds every time.
Half the time when you go to vatozone your lucky to walk out of the place with the right one.
Like I said you get what you pay for.
If you don't have $200 bucks, then maybe you should drive something else.
I really don't give a :q:q:q:q if I have to spend ten minutes to change an alternator. Ten minutes is worth $200 to me. I rarely go out of town these days, if I end up losing an alternator where I can't make it to an Autozone I have AAA+ and have to wait an hour for a tow (I have AAA because things other than alternators fail, don't give me any bull:q:q:q:q about it.) An hour is still worth $200.
Yet, I haven't had my inferior part fail on me yet after 40+k miles. So as far as I'm concerned I've saved money over buying OEM, no question.
If you make more than $200 an hour, then maybe you should drive something else like a 2010 CTS-V.
ripped camel
Dedicated LVC Member
Go for the one with the best warranty...being that they are EXTREMELY easy to change at least you won't have to keep sinking $200+ into an alternator every few years!
Edit: if money isn't an issue I'd try out Paperformance.com they are supposed to have pretty good alternators that are superior to oem. Mustang guys use them all the time.
Edit: if money isn't an issue I'd try out Paperformance.com they are supposed to have pretty good alternators that are superior to oem. Mustang guys use them all the time.
CobraStar_LS8
Dedicated LVC Member
have two...one on the car and one in the trunk
ford nut
Local nut case
Do a simple search.
See how many "I bought a alt. from max and it went bad"
PA sells a great alt also.
Hard to find a thread of someone complaining about a PA alt going bad
I will do the same for vatozone.
There are threads after threads of vatozone alts stranding poor cheap bastards.
You see I like to go out of town.
I like to trust my car.
I also use AAA.....for my 75 year old mother.
You got a cheap alt. to last....congrats your one of the few.
Telling others to do the same is bad advice.
MediumD
Dedicated LVC Member
Blah blah blah, telling others they can't decide on their own and that Max is their only hope is bad advice.
ford nut
Local nut case
MediumD
Dedicated LVC Member
Funny, I didn't 'tell others to do the same' - yet you're saying I did.
Now, if you're saying I implied it, OK, and you implied OEM is your only hope whether you directly said that or not.
I'm not saying anything that isn't a fact - MY Autozone alt is doing fine and if an OEM unit goes bad you're screwed, that's all.
ford nut
Local nut case
touché
Nope.....Go to Max you will get a discount thats what I am saying.
Or go to PA Performance. I see Pep Boys will order one for you.
Clicky
Never said you were lying.
I would hope anyone who asks for advice here would take it with a grain of salt.
Do there own research then decide what to do.
Its what I did when mine took a crap.
Here is the best quote I found.
ford nut
Local nut case
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ca...=&categoryDisplayName=null&_requestid=2423076
Not sure you are saving anything by going vatozone.
I am not sure Max's pricing is up to date.
Just sayin
Not sure you are saving anything by going vatozone.
I am not sure Max's pricing is up to date.
Just sayin
jrherald420
Dedicated LVC Member
They've almost trippled in price since i got mine 3ish years ago. I payed 69.99 + my core for mine.
I should of called max when my alternator died. But I had to move the car off the street so I got one from strauss. It has a lifetime warranty but it died after 6 months. So im on my 2nd one