Differences between Monaro and Gto alternators
Discussion
Hi all.
In november, before I bought it my ls2 monaro had a new alternator. Apparently the standard one got noisy. The previous owner bought a cheapish (re manufactured i think) one from a auto electrical place in Huddersfield (wood autos - not sure if i'm allowed to say, can delete it if required). A few weeks ago, in stop start traffic for 4 hours on a very hot m25 the clutch gave in. i go buy a new one and chuck the old one in for warranty (which they still have not contacted me about - 3 weeks later, must chase that up). Anyhow, the new one has also developed clutch problems, only when the car is very hot - but at least it hasn't given up the ghost completely. So i need to chuck another alternator at their warranty department and buy a new one, from another place as these guys obviously use sub par clutches.
I'm not paying £480 for one, that is daylight robbery for a gm part that costs peanuts elsewhere in the world. So, any ideas if the gto one is fine? i assume it is.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-ALTERNATOR-6-0-6-0L-...
Thanks, Nick
In november, before I bought it my ls2 monaro had a new alternator. Apparently the standard one got noisy. The previous owner bought a cheapish (re manufactured i think) one from a auto electrical place in Huddersfield (wood autos - not sure if i'm allowed to say, can delete it if required). A few weeks ago, in stop start traffic for 4 hours on a very hot m25 the clutch gave in. i go buy a new one and chuck the old one in for warranty (which they still have not contacted me about - 3 weeks later, must chase that up). Anyhow, the new one has also developed clutch problems, only when the car is very hot - but at least it hasn't given up the ghost completely. So i need to chuck another alternator at their warranty department and buy a new one, from another place as these guys obviously use sub par clutches.
I'm not paying £480 for one, that is daylight robbery for a gm part that costs peanuts elsewhere in the world. So, any ideas if the gto one is fine? i assume it is.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-ALTERNATOR-6-0-6-0L-...
Thanks, Nick
Hi all. update on this as someone may do a search at some point looking for similar info. i went on rock auto and found the part number for the year and engine equivalent of my car pontiac gto. shoved it into google and it listed a holden monaro part number on an aus website, this was enough for me. Ordered it with the fast post (mainly because if it was done through a courier rather than us post/post office, i wanted some comeback).
A genuine boxed alternator arrived, it was manufactured by mitsubishi and it went straight on, and seems to have fixed all my problems.
So if anyone needs one in the future, rock auto and a bit of google is the place. Thanks for the suggestion!
Side note - leaving through rock auto's page, bits for corvettes are ridiculously cheap, i wish they did rhd ones!
A genuine boxed alternator arrived, it was manufactured by mitsubishi and it went straight on, and seems to have fixed all my problems.
So if anyone needs one in the future, rock auto and a bit of google is the place. Thanks for the suggestion!
Side note - leaving through rock auto's page, bits for corvettes are ridiculously cheap, i wish they did rhd ones!
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