BACKGROUND to the story wrote:
So the alternator light kept coming on whislt i was driving at night
but day time was alright
anyway, if i rev her up past two and a half, the light goes off.
I was sick of doing that, so then i took my car to the auto electrician (the guy who i always go to, who i thought was a good bloke) ....
I took the alternator there LAST year in may. for a "recondition" because i had a few dramas. And this time he looked at it, and says that a screw came loose and f**ked up the insides up of the alternator.
Which means he did a crap job last year, doesnt it?
He opened it up and showed me what was wrong, and said that the bracket was f**ked and and really pushed me to get him to rebuild and for him to source all the parts etc...
but said the parts were really difficult to source, and said it would take ages to do and that it would cost a fair bit. (fair bit meaning 350+)
He said he only has 6 months warranty on all his work, but i would have thought the "reconditoned" alternator would have lasted longer than that.
I said i did not want him to do it and that I would find another alternator myself.
so he put the alternator back together, and now it doesnt work - at all.
so the battery juice is just getting sucked.
but day time was alright
anyway, if i rev her up past two and a half, the light goes off.
I was sick of doing that, so then i took my car to the auto electrician (the guy who i always go to, who i thought was a good bloke) ....
I took the alternator there LAST year in may. for a "recondition" because i had a few dramas. And this time he looked at it, and says that a screw came loose and f**ked up the insides up of the alternator.
Which means he did a crap job last year, doesnt it?
He opened it up and showed me what was wrong, and said that the bracket was f**ked and and really pushed me to get him to rebuild and for him to source all the parts etc...
but said the parts were really difficult to source, and said it would take ages to do and that it would cost a fair bit. (fair bit meaning 350+)
He said he only has 6 months warranty on all his work, but i would have thought the "reconditoned" alternator would have lasted longer than that.
I said i did not want him to do it and that I would find another alternator myself.
so he put the alternator back together, and now it doesnt work - at all.
so the battery juice is just getting sucked.
anyway, i think he thinks i am a dumb female that he can take advantage of and eat my bank account up. (yeah, sure i may not know much about cars, but i like to think i know a lot of other things
)
I hate him.
Betty is now a lawn ornament, and I am very dissatisfied.
(sorry to butter it all out)..
but what I am really getting at, is that ..
i need an alternator,
or something. or a nicer local (Parramatta-ish) auto electrician who wont be a ning nong about the situtation.. or somebody who knows anyhtng about alternators...
