Hi guys, the alternator in my '98 isuzu rodeo died at the lovely hour of 3:30 am this morning. I need some suggestions for shops to do the replacement. Thanks!

9/6/2009 2:30:40 PM

Unless there is something weird about the Isuzu Rodeo, I would strongly suggest going to an auto parts store, getting a rebuilt one, and putting it in yourself. It's quite possibly one of the easiest things to replace on the entire motor.

9/6/2009 2:48:24 PM

4 cyl or 6? and DO NOT buy a Bosch.

9/6/2009 8:15:50 PM

^^there is something weird. the bastard is mounted on the bottom of the engine. still, not terribly complicated to replace...

fwiw, due to location, they collect lots of water/road debris/dirt/etc. and a lot of the time just a good cleaning will bring it back to life.

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9/6/2009 8:29:13 PM

Alternator & Starter of the Triangle does good alternator rebuilds if you can afford to let him hold it for a few days. He is no longer in the shop on Westgate Rd, but the phone number is the same if you Google it. He is working out of a garage off 70/Miami in Durham.

9/8/2009 5:22:36 PM

i wouldn't pay for a rebuild either since they are pretty costly too. search car-part.com for a junkyard that has one .

don't rodeo parts interchange with passport parts?

9/9/2009 9:48:30 PM

I bet money that the alternator is a Nippondenso...and that the brushes are shot. Cheap fix.

And no way would I let a shop have it for more than a day. Just get a remanned one, swap, and done.

And the Rodeo and Passport are the very same truck. Honda just rebadged them. Hell, the engine still says Isuzu if I'm not mistaken.

9/9/2009 9:52:33 PM

The thing I liked about that guy I recommended is that he used all original Nippondenso parts and he sandblasted and painted it so it really should be as good as it was when it was new. Don't a lot of the remanufactured ones use junk parts for the rebuild? Mine was a marine alternator which means they charge out the butt if you buy a new one though.

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9/10/2009 10:37:40 AM

It's 2 hours away, but Alternator-Starter Rebuilders in downtown Mooresville. They rebuilt one for the boat.

9/10/2009 10:59:44 AM

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"Alternator & Starter of the Triangle does good alternator rebuilds"

they def do, i forget how much they charge though ($130+). i think it's more expensive than a reman, so unless you have a strange, expensive unit (like your marine alt.), it's faster and cheaper to either buy a rebuild kit or buy a reman'ed one.

[Edited on September 10, 2009 at 11:27 AM. Reason : j]

9/10/2009 11:23:10 AM

i thought rebuilding one and replacing one were 2 different things

9/11/2009 1:26:13 AM

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"they def do, i forget how much they charge though ($130+)."

I think he told me $100-$145 when I dropped mine off. Ended up costing $125 cash.

9/11/2009 9:16:58 AM

Jeepman

10/15/2009 3:31:51 PM