It wasn't too bad. Thanks for the hints Tom. And thanks Bernd for the
mental go/no-go gauge. Having never worked on a Neon, especially one I
don't own, made me a little nervous. I got it out and tested at the
parts store and it checked out good (as did the battery.) Not what I
wanted to hear. So I put the old one back in, cleaned/greased the two
connections, set the belt nice and tight and I get 13-14 volts at the
battery at idle with a good load on it. My current working theory is
that the belt wasn't tight enough. I should have tested the volts at the
battery and checked belt tension before pulling it apart, but that's why
I'm an amateur weekend mechanic.
Now that I have that Neon out of the garage, I need to get started on
building the IT Department Festivus Pole this evening.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> Bernd D. Ratsch
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:31 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: RE: DML: RE: neon
>
>
> What is it that you want to hear...."OMG, it's a PITA - i'd
> never want to
> work on one"? ;)
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terrible Tom [mailto:silvereightynine@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:46 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: neon
>
>
>
> > How difficult is an alternator R&R on a 2002 Neon? Anything weird?
> > There is a student here that's really desperate so I
> offered to help.
> > I've never worked on a Neon, but I've done some extensive work on
> > 2.2/2.5 FWD cars. I figured they're all nuts and bolts.
> How hard could
> > it be?
> >
> > ~Tim
>
>
>
> Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> > Not hard at all....
>
>
> Bernd, you never cease to amaze me with your long drawn out posts...
>
>
> Tim, its not too bad - worse things to work on a neon other than the
> alternator.
>
> You'll need to remove the passenger side front tire, pull the plastic
> splash guard off, 3-4 screws. The alternator has a mounting bracket
> with three bolts into the block. I found its easier to take the
> alternator off with that block. There is one adjsuting bolt
> to take up
> belt slack, behind the power steering resivor. Thats going to be teh
> hardest because its a blind bolt, and hard to reach. There should be
> one more bolt on the back side by the firewall.
>
> if you want I can scan up a few pics from my manual and email
> em to ya.
>
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