early birthday present.

[kkozy1982]

so my car died again... this time in the mitsuwa parking lot. turned my car off after getting here, tried to lock my doors and my door wouldn't lock. hoepfully, the battery just got loose... but what else can it be? I'm going to have toshi check on his break but... <sigh> there was a whining noise all the way to work... like one of those... remote controlled car motor noise type of thing...

[walec05]

sounds like the alternator. the inside brush rides on a bearing and when that bearing goes bad, the alternator craps out. its what happened to mine.

cuz you just put in a new battey not too long ago, so its not the battery, must be the alternator.

[nismo3112]

I also think it's the altimanator

[kkozy1982]

sounds like the alternator.

that's what i'm afraid of....:frown:

[Cousin Ryan]

that sucks kozue... the altenator is like my worst enemy when it comes to the car... that and the knock/o2 sensors. haha.

[kkozy1982]

that sucks kozue... the altenator is like my worst enemy when it comes to the car... that and the knock/o2 sensors. haha.
mine too.. i had to change the alternator out twice on my last car... within three years or so...

[walec05]

buy an oem one instead of a crapy aftermarket one....then it will last you another 10 or so years.

[Kowalski]

how much are alternators from you?

[walec05]

i dont know, ill have to check tomorrow......

[kkozy1982]

hmmmm...

so here's the funny thing. Yesterday mornin', When I tried to lock my doors and what not.. I got nothing. I tried to turn my car on, I got nothing..no lights... just...dead.. had to manually lock all four doors.

Toshi tried a few hours later... it started without a problem.

and...

I just realized this morning that my preset radio stations did not reset, nor did my clock...

wtf is up with that??

[Mr Grey]

The first sympton sounded like an alternator.
The second thing with the clock not resetting sounds like the immobilizer.

[DasTeknoViking]

loose battery terminals ?

Nissan reman alternators are just as bad as the stuff you buy from Napa, PepBoys, AutoZone.

I had a alternator crap out on me in my 93 Sentra SE-R, I bought a brand spanking new Nissan Reman alternator, I put it on the car and I drove it maybe 1000 miles that whole year. I ended up selling the car to a guy, and the alternator puked out a week later. Guess what it was out of warranty by 2 weeks..... I don't trust reman parts.

[Mr Grey]

Check the terminals one more time like Mike said/............

[kkozy1982]

Check the terminals one more time like Mike said/............

toshi did that yesterday but i will do that again tonight :) but if it is a loose terminal(s), wouldn't it reset all the preset stuff?

[Mr Grey]

Loose terminals don't reset because there's still enough power going to the clock. My terminals were loose when my battery died a month ago. I thought ti was worse, because my clock was fine. I tightened them, and recharged the battery. Mine is about to crap out soon, but I have my battery charger.

[DasTeknoViking]

Sometimes when the stuff is corroded- looks like white stuff all over the terminals, the car will still keep all its memory. But when its time to start the car or use anything that uses alot of electricity, there is way too much resistance in the wires and the car won't start.

[kkozy1982]

i shouldn't have any corrosion considering the fact that the battery has been in my car for only a few days...

i do hope it's just the loose terminal issue.. since i'm buying tires within a week so.. i can't afford anything else for my car ATM...

i'll double check after work...thank you :)

[walec05]

duck never cleaned the battery cables when he put the new battery on, so check the cables like mike advised.

[DasTeknoViking]

WHAT a terrible BF :)

[walec05]

it was cold outside......so i dont blame him.

[darklegend06]

when working on a car, there's no excuses for it being too cold or too hot. Do it right the first time and nothing will happen later on. Also my sister's battery cables seem just fine. But guess what, there is nothing holding the battery down, and knowing how rough my sister's car is that battery is bouncing up and down in that engine bay. IDIOTS.

[50 Percent]

kozue, do u want daddy to take a look?

[Kowalski]

daddy's busy...

[50 Percent]

oh geez andy....i meant my dad...

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

when working on a car, there's no excuses for it being too cold or too hot. Do it right the first time and nothing will happen later on. Also my sister's battery cables seem just fine. But guess what, there is nothing holding the battery down, and knowing how rough my sister's car is that battery is bouncing up and down in that engine bay. IDIOTS.


yay, first time I get to call you a dumbass. The battery isn't jumping up or down in the engine bay, it doesn't even move when she drives. Trust me, I drove with that same battery and no crossbar to hold it down for two years now, that isn't the problem. I'd be careful what you say here about anyone cause you know as much about cars as my small, right toe. If anything, the cables weren't tight cause from what I remember, when duck put it on, I only remember him pushing the ground cable down and tightening maybe a turn or two since the cable was so short it seemed that it was tight from teh pressure it was putting on the terminal. Anyway, toshi, just relax and stay calm while you still have anyone here left that looks out for you...

[walec05]

yeah so an alternator is hell expensive from nissan.....its like in the $240 range or so, its a reman unit

[Cousin Ryan]

yay, first time I get to call you a dumbass. The battery isn't jumping up or down in the engine bay, it doesn't even move when she drives. Trust me, I drove with that same battery and no crossbar to hold it down for two years now, that isn't the problem. I'd be careful what you say here about anyone cause you know as much about cars as my small, right toe. If anything, the cables weren't tight cause from what I remember, when duck put it on, I only remember him pushing the ground cable down and tightening maybe a turn or two since the cable was so short it seemed that it was tight from teh pressure it was putting on the terminal. Anyway, toshi, just relax and stay calm while you still have anyone here left that looks out for you...

haha, oh dave...

[f550maranello2]

its simple... just take a volt/ammeter and check the voltage or amprage while cranking the motor... then the same when its already running...

[kkozy1982]

yeah so an alternator is hell expensive from nissan.....its like in the $240 range or so, its a reman unit

that is quite the expensiveness...

last time i bougth an alternator, it was $140 + case of corona with lime and a lifetime warranty.

[walec05]

^^^i like that deal.

[50 Percent]

would you like my dad to look at it or are you ok? he is offering.....

[Mr.Duck]

the tie down doesnt work because one of the sides is too rusted and will not tighten correctly, i didnt have any tools other than 2 racheting wrenches, which i could not tighten down the nuts correctly, but when i tried to move the battery or the cables, there was enough pressure to keep everything in place, both dave and i have these batteries, and like dave said he hasnt had a tie down for ever now, and i knew this when i gave up on the tie down, because believe me daves ride is more rough than kozues ride

[Mr.Duck]

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[walec05]

kozue if you want an aftermarket one, i could probably find one for you for cheap.....

[Mr.Duck]

there is three of em right there for around 90...

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

hitachi=OEM.................

[Brian]

all rebuilts will be marked Hitachi. they reuse the old case whatever else they can on a rebuilt unit.

[THT]

buy an oem one instead of a crapy aftermarket one....then it will last you another 10 or so years.

Not true. I've killed TWO OEM alternators in two years. Nissan wouldn't warranty them because I wouldn't let the dealership put it in...why the fuck should I pay $95/hour on a job they claim takes two hours when I can go to Autozone, buy a Duralast, put it in myself in 45 minutes, and if it dies, get it replaced for free? I'm on my second Duralast...I seem to kill these fuckers every year or so...

[walec05]

fine you guys win on that point, i agree with you guys.

[kkozy1982]

well, apparently, my car has severe mood swings and only starts when it wants to start. my car would not start this morning either. checked the terminals, seemed fine on there but still would nto start... interesting thing is... when the battery is pushed back in that space, my car would not start. when i pulled my battery forward in that space alotted for it, my car started... my battery's moving around so i do need those tie rods...

it keeps on resetting my mileage(the resettable one)... it's starting to irritate me... nothng else gets reset except that.

[Mr Grey]

Your terminals are still loose then. My bro could tighten the hell out of the terminals but it would not grab the posts because the terminals were too stretched out.

[walec05]

my battery's moving around so i do need those tie rods...


well, you have that starting problem because its a 99. and i can get you tie rods, but how is that gonna help wit the battery????

if you mean tie downs, i can check on those for you, unless someone on here has a spare set.

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

she has her own............

[walec05]

but one is rusted to hell, and doesnt hold the battery down. which defeats the purpose of it.

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

huh? if it's rusted how was it holding the old battery down?

[Mr Grey]

The nut just has to be PB blasted and loosened up a lil. The tie doen still works

[walec05]

thats the thing.....it wasnt holding the battery down, cuz i remember duck tightening it, and it wouldnt go far enough to hold it firmly.

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

interesting, just force it, that's what I do.
Btw, half bled the clutch last night and it goes into all gears, yayz.......

[Mr Grey]

It's functional...just a lil rusty, and the lighting was not a good to deal with it.

[kkozy1982]

thats the thing.....it wasnt holding the battery down, cuz i remember duck tightening it, and it wouldnt go far enough to hold it firmly.

paul, i think this battery i have in there is smaller than what i had before.. it's not the one from meijer kuz that one was made so we don't have to pull on the terminal/cable thingy to make it fit. the one i have now is backwards... my battery before this also had a case thing around it...

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

they will work with this battery as well............

[walec05]

interesting, just force it, that's what I do.
Btw, half bled the clutch last night and it goes into all gears, yayz.......

awsome dave, so you have tightened all the shit down and everything right, cuz when i was under the car, i only hand tightened the shit.

[kkozy1982]

they will work with this battery as well............
what will work with this battery? the tierod?
i know.. one of the bolt thingies is rusted.. that's all.

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

spray it with some rust remover, let it soak, scrub the rust away and FORCE the nut to thread...

[walec05]

^^^yeh she could do that...it should fix it fine.

[kkozy1982]

so i think i'm going to do that this weekend... and if it's not htat.. then i dunno what it is.

[f550maranello2]

like i said take a volt meter and see if theh battery gets a charge....

[kkozy1982]

it's been pretty much decided that it's the alternator..

was driving home today and my lights flickered on and off in my car.. luckily i was only 5 minutes away from my final destination. My car is now 95% dead... will not start what so ever... the light only turns on when i open the door... then when i try to start it, it's dies...


stupid.. now i'm stranded...

[maxse-r]

did you ever try takin your car to autozone so they can test the alternator?

[Mr Grey]

the car crapped out on her while she was driving, you do the math.

[kkozy1982]

my car's getting towed today to jess's house...

$150 is what they're charging me.

plus the alternator... which was 160... lifetime warranty tho :)

this is starting to really hurt me...

[Kowalski]

$150 to tow?

[kkozy1982]

$150 to tow?

yes. 150 to tow my car...




:squint:








you missed my birthday...

[walec05]

what???? man, it cost me $100 to tow from south bend indian to my house.

[DasTeknoViking]

Could have saved yourself the grief and put that BF of yours to work ;) 300 bux for a alternator ? for a Maxima ? I guess I'm used to getting stuff for next to nothing.

[kkozy1982]

Could have saved yourself the grief and put that BF of yours to work ;) 300 bux for a alternator ? for a Maxima ? I guess I'm used to getting stuff for next to nothing.
well since i don't have a garage and my car needed to be towed... at least i have a life time warranty on my alternator... i'm prolly going to need that too...

the tow people were very...um... nice :)

[Cousin Ryan]

you need to get AAA...

[kkozy1982]

you need to get AAA...

AAA cost too much money.

insurance will reimburse me with majority of the money...

[Cousin Ryan]

AAA cost too much money.

insurance will reimburse me with majority of the money...

i hope so...

[Kowalski]

the tow people were very...um... nice :)

nice enough to discount?

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

Could have saved yourself the grief and put that BF of yours to work ;)

dude, I told her that like two days ago. She wasn't having it...

[kkozy1982]

nice enough to discount?
nice enough to wipe off the rest of the snow and... nice.... they weren't one of those scary rapist looking type of people.. they were... nice.

[kkozy1982]

dude, I told her that like two days ago. She wasn't having it...
jess's dad and ducky fixed it for me :) heated garage...

[walec05]

you mean jess's dad fixed it for you, while duck kept taking constant smoking breaks....

[kkozy1982]

you mean jess's dad fixed it for you, while duck kept taking constant smoking breaks....

no no no... they both worked on it...:glare: he's been better about his smoking habit... :squint:

[Mr.Duck]

ok, so it looks like kozue left out some details here.. haha

its only around 160 for the alternator, after she receives her core charge back, and is only paying about 35 dollars out of her pocket for the tow since the insurance is taking care of the rest lol

and no, not a single cigarette break while we did the alternator haha was kinda suprised myself lol........ and i got all wet from her damn car melting on us..