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Glad you found the culprit. Where in AK are you living? I was up in King Salmon, Anchorage, and Iliamna this past summer. Love AK. "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP! | |||
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I’m in dillingham which is right in that general area, not to far from king salmon and illiamna I lived in a small village on the peninsula for a year as well. | |||
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Nice to know. I hope you get your vehicle fixed soon! "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP! | |||
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Yeah, the highschool auto shop teacher/students figured it out. I ordered a new one from NAPA for 200 bucks, the auto shop students will install it and in return I’m giving them the old alternator (rather than turning it in for the deposit) so they can practice rebuilding, probably get them some donuts too. | |||
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Ugh. Toyota's and alternators... I'll tell you my sad story. Wife had a 2008 Rav4 with the V6 engine. Started the same way - intermittent battery light. She didn't even mention it to me. Then one day it gave up completely. In that car, the power steering was electric assist, not hydraulic. Really difficult to steer, even when rolling. Had to rescue her on the interstate and limped it to our independent local mechanic. Turns out that with the V6, replacing the alternator is a cast iron bitch. Lots of things need to be removed to gain access. That was a $700 job. Used an aftermarket replacement from NAPA with a 1 year warranty on the part. It lasted 3 months. 92 days to be exact. Tried to take it back to the mechanic but he had closed his shop and retired. FML. The second time, I jury rigged a second battery to the first, and nursed it to a stealership. They went through it top to bottom, replaced the battery, some cabling and the alternator, and pronounced it good. Caught a break in that the service writer was a friend, and he was able to write off the labor as customer goodwill or some such nonsense. Still cost me over a grand in parts alone. Genuine Toyota parts arent cheap. A month or so later, wife reported a flickering battery light. Told her to come right home. Put the charger on the battery overnight. Drove straight to the Honda dealer in the morning and traded it in on a CR-V. I hope you have better luck than I did. suaviter in modo, fortiter in re | |||
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My last year of high school I took a mechanics class in the afternoon, had all of my required classes done for graduating. It was the best experience and knowledge building in real world. We were always looking for cars to work on, diagnose take apart and reassemble. We brought our own cars in to repair also. I brought my 64 Falcon in to rebuild the engine. It is an over looked resource. But, that was when automotive systems were easy, rotor caps, points, plugs, and you had extra room in the engine compartment to sit on the fender and put your legs in to work on a carb. The class in high school has enabled me to this day to work on my own equipment if I have the right tools. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Thats good that the shop class got to use your vehicle to learn something, and leaving them the core so they can see how the internals work is great. | |||
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