sjsingle1

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the 105 and 145 use the same housings

Bobsmyuncle

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Thtsbthe answer I was looking for. Bc this 105 barely fits

Spriley0

Is this what you guys think my problem is too? My battery is fine just replaced the power steering pump and alternator at the same time. I start it up seems like everything thing is fine then about half way down the road when u accelerate the voltage would go down in the red. I replace the exciter wire too. The alternator that i bought from o reillys this the 3rd one with warranty took it back out and tested pass at both auto zone and o reillys. Could it still have something wrong with it?????

sjsingle1

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BUT ............there is more than 1 style of housing for the AD244

sjsingle1

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i could never trust a reman

Spriley0

i might take it out then damage the inside and so it fails then try again. maybe ill see if they can give me a 2003 silverado alternator or try to get my money back

Spriley0

alright the stock alternator from oreillys was crap so they let me get a 2003 silverado 5.3 alternator instead. It was kind of pain in the *** to make it fit but it did and you might have to extend ur exciter wire i didnt cause i order a new one from ebay. I forget about the pulley and didnt switch it out or have the stock one. The stock belt will not work so I have a buddy who works at auto zone we manage to get a belt that will work. I havent had any issues yet but we will see....

The alternator item number from o reillys is 01-1873 and the belt that works with it that i bought from auto zone is 800k6 hopes this helps some people

sjsingle1

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i had to splice in a new wire to make it longer......you should use the pulley off the CS130 to make sure it fits right........i had to use a longer belt too

Spriley0

yea the pulley seems to be working i have got on it and now belt has came off or slipped so I think we can help some people out

sjsingle1

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if you have a lot of miles ...........think about a new main tensioner.....dayco unit is really nice......i also switched to the buick pulley

Spriley0

yea I think my tensioner is fine but im scared like u said its a remanufacturer alternator so it could be weeks or months before it ***** out but its truck one so will see

GiggleJuiced_SS

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so i think my alternator is done. i know what alternator i need but what all parts/mods are neccessary to make this work? so i can be ready before i take everything apart and need to order something.

Spriley0

There are no extra parts unless you want a new exciter wire because when removing the stock one the wire gets ripped out usually. You may have to lengthen the wire to make it fit for the truck alt. There are three bolts that hold the stock alt in place the truck only has two the front ones so, that back bolt which sucks to get to anyway wont need it. You might want to take the stock pulley and put it on the truck alt because I didn't and had to get a new longer belt.


Heres a link for that plug in exciter wire
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LS1-Alternat...#ht_836wt_1165

GiggleJuiced_SS

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cool thanks man !!!

Soul TKR

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So having the one less bolt hole on the alternator won't be a problem? Just worried about the extra tension/stress cracking something... like the block

But then I guess if the stock truck alternators were built with only 2 holes, then they were meant for 2 holes, and 2 holes is fine... unless your talking to a woman of course...

sjsingle1

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had mine in for about 2 yrs now..........nothing broke or fell out

00pooterSS

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I just read the last two pages of questions ALL QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED ARE ANSWERED IN THE FIRST POST.

To sum up some of the answers:

-you don't need the bolt on the back it fit's just fine and works just fine without it

-it's a 4 wire CONNECTOR, (that is specified because there is one that has a 2 pin connector and that is the wrong alternator)

-only 1 of the 4 wires in that connector is used. you can buy a connector that has all 4 wires pinned or a connector that has just the one wire pinned. if it has all 4 clip the 3 unused ones.

-buy a new exciter wire so that you can extend the factory one a little, and also you should replace it regardless because they go bad..

WarmWeatherBird

Thanks so much to all who have suggested and tested this one. And BIG BIG thanks to sjsingle1 for helping me with every question in the world. Talk about making life easier!

Finally got mine installed this past week in my 2002 and also did the Big 3 while I was in there. No more dimming lights or flickering dashboard. SO HAPPY.

Found myself a 253 amp alternator built with WAI Transpo - 80A diodes - big monster! Looks like they started making these late 2011. (had to snoop through a few dealer catalogs to find out the rest of the specs - ha!)

And about that Big 3 - I would like to know the name of the engineer was that was having a bad day and decided to stick that ground up over the starter. Are they kidding me with that?!? If my cable had been long enough I would have tried to install that ground where the back alternator bracket used to live.

So happy with the results tho!
And enjoy - Here's a couple pics of the alternator/beast.

sjsingle1

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^^^ now if i can just get you to come to TEXAS for a vacation

badmfkr

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I'm w/ you Sir:on brand new.

I would like to know the exact type of truck and year model that I can obtain a brand new 130 amp atl. is the 130 amp alt a ad244?

I looked at many year model silverados Rock auto and only saw 105 amp atls.

Please provide a link at Rock auto and Summit so I can get a NEW alt.

Thanks