Hi Mike, Elle and all Yup I opted for the new alternator-=-even with low mileage, the age of the car would have necessitated a new alt. sooner or later--and a new complete alt kinda gave me piece of mind . Thanks for everybody's input! loner
update on emergency brake warning light
Jun 14, 2006
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YOU'RE the one talking about JUST replacing the brushes:
"ISTM the labor it takes to do just the brushes can approach the total cost of replacing the whole alternator." (see five quote levels north of here)
So if you figure $80/hr shop rate, swapping the brushes should be an extra $20-$30 worth of labor in addition to re&re'ing the alt.
Right, but YOU'RE the one who compared the cost of JUST replacing the brushes to the cost of replacing the entire alternator.
You're right. I misspoke.
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