Yeah, right. Two defective belts, one right after the other? Who made 'em,
Firestone? Do they have ATX stamped on them? :-D I would let the
dealership know or sign something stating that this is the third belt and
that you believe it's the tensioner and don't want to get stuck with the
repairs if this belt goes bad too. This happened in my 93 Caravan and the
dealer swore up and down the tensioner was fine. Then I swore up and down,
the tensioner got replaced....and I haven't had a problem since. Be
wary...it wasn't the mechanic who argued with me, it was the service writer.
If he knew what the he__ he was talking about, he'd be a mechanic instead of
a service writer!
Ron
00 SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.55 LSD
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of fawcett@uism.bu.edu
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 2:09 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Alternators and Serpentine Belts
All this talk about alternators has got me curious... I have a '98 Kota
(Gen
III?) and on the sticker, which I saved, it says I have a stock 117 amp
alternator. First of all, does this seem right for a stock alternator?
Secondly, Kyle keeps talking about upgrading to a 120 amp alternator for his
extra lights and such and I was wondering if the 117 is good enough if I
want
to add some or does 3 amps make that much of a difference?? Please, all you
electrical guru's please respond.
On the serpentine thing, I'm on my second (1st died at around 22K and the
second died at around 32K miles) and while they claim it's just defective
belts, I'd kinda like an opinion here as I'm running out of warrantee space
here. They claim to have checked the belt tensioner (by pulling on it) and
claim it is in spec.... Is there a more accurate test for the tensioner or
do I
believe them that I'm just lucky and got two defective belts???
TIA!
Tom
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