99 Ford Ranger, six cylinder, 3.4 liter. Need Aternator, shop wanted to charge $398 plus extra for the belt. I don%26#039;t have this kind of money at all. Will have to do it myself. Any kind of basic directions or links would be greatly appreaciated.
thank you|||First disconnect the battery then remove belt by slackening the tensioner(watch your fingers!) then remove red wire on the back( a 10mm nut holds this on) Then unplug other wire, remove the bolts and remove. Installation is reverse procedure.|||go to a auto parts store and buy the haynes book for a 99 ranger it will tell you how to do that job and many more cost about 15 dollars|||Go to an auto parts store and buy a repair manual for your truck. It will cost you around 15-20 bucks, and will have step by step instructions in it to do the repair. Alternators are USUALLY a pretty easy item to replace. A new alternator should cost you a little under $100 at an auto parts store, and a new belt around 30 bucks. So for around $150 you can do it yourself and save over $250. I changed the alternator and belt in my %26#039;94 GMC Yukon last week, and it took me less than an hour, but I have a lot of experience working on cars. Most auto parts stores are very helpful, and will point you in the right direction. Good luck!|||Try having the alternator rebuilt, it usually takes a day of two, sometimes if the rebuild shop is not too busy maybe a few hours....try finding one in the phone book.
The next bet would be one of your chain stores like Advance Auto or Auto Zone.
You can buy a how to manual from them too around twenty bucks.
If you can change it yourself and have it rebuilt you will get out for less than a hundred bucks...should be way less.
Remember to disconnect the battery cable before you touch the alternator with a tool. if you ground it out while the battery is still connected...sparks fly everywhere...not good...plus you could accidently cause the starter to engage the fly wheel and start the Ranger rolling...not good either when you are underneath it!.... just by the %26quot;how to%26quot; manual and it will take you step by step....well worth the 20 bucks you will spend on it.|||That%26#039;s ridiculous. It takes an experienced person about 30 minutes to change an alternator. You pretty much just disconnect the black battery terminal, take the belt off, unplug the wires, unbolt the alternator and put the rebuilt one you got at Autozone on. Hook up the wires the same way they were on the old one, reconnect the battery, put the belt back on and crank er up.
You might try a different shop. Somebody is trying to rip you off.
