02-09-2024, 04:40 PM
(02-09-2024, 12:44 AM)sistersue Wrote:(02-07-2024, 10:04 PM)Obie Wrote: The connector is available on EBAY and can easily be spliced on.I have a hypothetical question:
Rebuilt alternators are about $400.00 to $600.00 so the mechanics charge sounds fair.
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You take your car to your mechanic and he "repairs" it and you pay him and go home. The next day, the car is barely running so you take it back and he "repairs" it again. The next day the car won't even make it down the street, so you call him again and he says "Bring it back on Monday". If, after the 3rd try, he still can't fix the car, does he just get to keep the money? What would you do? Thank you for any opinions, beside the fact that we will be searching for a new mechanic when this is over.
I think it's a question that's open for negotiation. Did he concur with Lex Brodie's, that the wrong alternator had been installed, and if so did he exchange it for the correct one?
Also, what did he say about the broken plug? Taking the old alternator in to Oreilly's to have it checked would determine if you actually needed a new one.
Depending upon the answers to above questions, the mechanic could be entitled to payment for replacing the alternator if he makes it right!
He can't figure out what else is wrong with it: Yes, it seems likely the poor running problem is not related to the alternator. Okay then, time to find someone else.