I hate my life right now...

[Beowulf]

my alternator died today.


Have you LOOKED at the how-to?

Dear sweet lord in hell.

I can't replace it until NEXT weekend. Motherf-er.

[Barge]

It's a pain... but it's not THAT bad.

[AnastasiaRae87]

I am replacing mine on Sunday!!! The parts have been ordered and I am doing it in a friends garage! I know a tech at a ford dealership right up the street. He ordered everything at employee prices and gunna help me do the swap too!!!

[Beowulf]

Oh yeah, and the garage is full of the roomies stuff, so it is driveway mechanic time.

I know I can do it, it is just that I don't want to.

[sleepr]

Get 'stasia to help you after she's done hers. She's probably got WAY slimmer hands and wrists. I'm over 6' and skinny as a rake* and I scratched up my forearms something awful jamming them in there. Torque wrench? Fugedaboudit!

* or at least I USED to be.

[Beowulf]

Get 'stasia to help you after she's done hers. She's probably got WAY slimmer hands and wrists. I'm over 6' and skinny as a rake* and I scratched up my forearms something awful jamming them in there. Torque wrench? Fugedaboudit!

* or at least I USED to be.

I like it when women work on cars.

I am just not looking forward to the week I am hitching rides to work.

Other people's schedules suck.

[tropictour]

I just replaced to battery harness (yeah the whole thing) on my SE, and that was only a taste of what the alt. will be. Im sure its tough but Ive found you need patience when working on our cars.
-tropictour

[shotwell]

Wow dude, that really sucks. I have to do the same on a friend's '96 SE soon. I imagine mine will go out eventually...I'm over 136,000 miles.

Do you want some help? I might be able to sneak out there for an afternoon.

[Beowulf]

Wow dude, that really sucks. I have to do the same on a friend's '96 SE soon. I imagine mine will go out eventually...I'm over 136,000 miles.

Do you want some help? I might be able to sneak out there for an afternoon.

HAHA.

Sucker.

If you want to drive up to Covington to share in my agony, you would be more than welcome.

Weather permitting, go time will be on Saturday. I have to see if I can find any of my tools (garage is PACKED to the rafters).

I will probably go out Friday to get some more extensions and whatnot....

[Ray]

my alternator died today.


Have you LOOKED at the how-to?

Uhm, yeah... I've seen it.

Its no biggie man.. It goes quicker than you think, barring something unmentionable (rusted or stuck bolts, broken etc..)

I made the how to incredibly "basic" and, for that matter,drawn out. This is one of the more common failures for us and one that you can stand to save the MOST money on, so I took the time to make it as understandable as possible. It isn't nearly as long as the how-to would make it seem.