charging system issues: the return of

[Omer F. Khan]

davidpertuz at mindspring.com wrote:
 >Shit. I seem to have charging-system issues again, with very bad 
timing due in part to my procrastination.
 >So I'm soliciting some possibly enlightened commentary. Car is a P10t.

David,

I've had a lot of charging issues in the past with my '92. I went 
through about 4 Autozone alternators in the last two years.   I tried 
everything.  I changed the battery, I cleaned all the connections and 
made sure nothing was corroded, I even ran a 12 guage wire from the 
alternator output directly to the battery.  Nothing worked and every 6 
months or so the alternator would die. 

I finally resolved my charging issues by putting in an alternator from 
an Altima that I got it from a junkyard.  I think it was a '95 but I am 
pretty sure you can use one from any year of the first generation 
altimas with the KA24 engine.  The body of the alternator is the same 
except the output is higher.  I think100amps instead of 80.  Even the 
plugs are exactly the same.  The only modification required is to use 
the pulley from my stock alternator as the altima pulley is inset about 
5mm too far and is a bit smaller in diameter.

Omer
'92 White SE-R
www.ohmfab.com