Thanks for the video. My alternator went out yesterday and it is beyond my family's means to take the car to a dealership or repair shop right now. I am a recovering stroke patient and get confused easily, but your clear and simple instructions enabled me to change my town and country alternator in 3 hours today. You guys that post this stuff are doing a great service. Thank you.

I’m a certified KZfaq mechanic. People like you keep me in a job

I just had to replace the oil cooler then the thermostat. During those repairs I soaked the alternator in coolant. So after hours and hours of work the alternator fails while me and the family are headed out of town. This video is a life safe. If you are reading this. GET THE WOBBLE SOCKETS AND THE FLEX HEAD RATCHET WRENCH. I did not and paid the price. Took me almost 4 hours. Also try to get a long socket wrench. Thanks a ton bro. I was this close to ending up on the news with the GD van.

Yay!!!!! Chrysler!!! Wooo hooo!!! Putting the most common to fail parts in the worst possible places!!!

This is the best car repair video every. I was able to follow this video and quickly change my wife's alternator. Thanks for doing this.

Great video! Somehow you managed to cram in all the important bits we need to know for this job and still be half as long as most the other videos I watched that left important side notes out. excellent!

Hi Tony, I feel like I just had to reach out to you to thank you on behalf of my family and I for this great tutorial. You literally saved us some serious money by sharing the process to replace the alternator. We had to replace our battery as well, so as you can imagine, we were in the hole for over $600 dls since we went with Autozone and their Lifetime warranty. Thankfully, we found your video and didn't have to worry about having to pay for installation. My wife and I followed your instructions and successfully completed the task at hand. Your video was truly a blessing. God bless you and your family. Much appreciated it! Greetings from the windy city, Chicago!

I pulled my fan and shroud out and was able to walk the alternator out that way. Took no time at all and even made it easier to get the replacement into place.

Exactly what I needed 400 miles from home on a Sunday. Found your video when I was unable to remove alternator from the tight space. Older eyes didn’t pick up on the torx head studs, saved me a ton of frustration otherwise. My studs were actually E8, all three. Certainly would’ve been a mess without your straight to the point advice. Maybe list tools needed early to be the perfect video. Most grateful, thank you!

Thank you very much for sharing your time and talents. Our family just didn’t have the money to pay to have this done. Your video was just excellent instruction and I was able to replace the alternator quickly and efficiently. You are a blessing!😊

The Video was a Help!, but coming from underneath, laying on the hard ground, and Having to drop the AC compressor out of the way just to get enough room to remove the old alternator!, it was a Pain in the Butt!!!, having to remove the 2 studs on the AC Compressor was a pain,because the compressor lines were in the way, but after struggling for a while, I finally got it done!!!, So Thanks for the video!!!

I just changed the alternator on my van if I had not seen this video I would never have attempted it Thank you so much

I found this video very informative on the special tools required for the job. There's nothing worse than getting started on job like this and finding out in the middle of having everything apart that you don't have the right tools to complete the job. I am of the same opinion that I'd prefer to take the alternator out this way instead of the way my Haynes manual suggested, going from the top by disconnecting the radiator hose, draining some antifreeze, and taking out the radiator fan to have enough clearance to take it out. Too messy of a job, and more trouble than I cared to deal with. Thanks for the video!

Man this helped me handle this project, took me three hours because I just struggled with them top bolts on the alternator, could not get my socket wrench to fit conveniently for the life of me. Everything else went great! Thanks for the video.

Wow, I would have been brave enough to get the alternator loose had I tried this without your video, and likely thrown tools throw the wall trying to get it out without moving the compressor. I had no prior experience in the least with compressors and certainly wouldn't have been brave enough to move it like that without watching your instruction first! Thank you for saving me diagnosis and labor, which I'm sure would have been at least double the part or more. In 3 or so hours I had my wife's van apart and back together because you went through the trouble to post such a comprehensive instructional video. 1,000 STARS to you sir, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! (and a bonus 500 stars for the shortness and sweetness of the video too, instead of a 30 minute fast forward fest with all the excess talking I hear from other videos!)

Excellent video. I appreciate you explaining the need for taking off the tire and plastic covers. I watched three other videos before yours and none of them talked about doing those things. So Thanks!

Saved me a lot of money. Took some time but it’s done. Replaced the tensioner while I was at it . Thank you!!!

Good video, and no cuss words. Thanks.

Short, sweet, and to the point. Excellent video!

Great video and much easier than other ways I see even ASE mechanics do it. Good job!

Thanks for a great vid. this just saved me a few hundred $. I didnt have to remove the alternator stud either.

Thanks for the video. I did find that you can get to the electrical connections from the top after you remove the alternator

Well I just performed this task tonight. It's now 11 pm and having beer to celebrate. Wasn't very easy as I have rather large hands and it's a pretty tight spot. Replaced the belt to while I was at it. Thanks for the video sir and it really helped a lot.

Perfect speed and explanations. Great video, thank you!

Thank soooooo much for this video!!!! Everything thing about it helped make this job way easier for me. I never even heard of an E7 socket but boy am I glad I bought one!!!! And you are right the swivel head ratchet wrench is my best friend. Thank you again for this video!!!

You did a good job , thanks for explaining so clear.

Thank You very very much for a well recorded Video Sir.

Thanks for the good video that was professionally done, by that I mean there was not a lot of wasted talking and time on the video! Easy to follow the steps. I just changed the alternator the other day on my 2013 Grand Caravan from the bottom. Taking the alternator out from the bottom and from the top both have advantages and disadvantages, but either way it is not as easy as the older rear wheel drive cars like back in the 80s! Or even better yet back in the 50s!!~

Very nice video. Appreciate you taking the time to make it for everyone else.

About half way done. Just had to order the tool for removing the studs. Thanks for the video.

Great video. Right to the point and informative!

You the man bro I literally follow step by step and it went well thanks bro keep it up 👍 ❤🔥🔥

Thank you so much! I just did this for my dad. The only issue I had was that Autozone only carried a deep well e7 and it hit the compressor line so I couldn’t get the bolt out. You need a short one. I also highly recommend a flex head ratcheting 13mm wrench, or universal joint or flex head ratchet. If you have the ability the right tools before starting you will breeze right through this!

Great video, made a job I did not want to do, much easier! Thanks

Taking the rad fan out to access the alternator is a whole lot easier if you’re working on the floor with the van jacked up. This method of dropping the compressor would be ok working on a hoist as it avoids going up and down but lying on your back trying to get the compressor off is a non starter. Both ways you still need to remove the wheel and the plastic covers. Working at home as a DIY removing fan and pulling alternator out the top is the way to go.

Great video! Waaayyy easier dropping the AC compressor than some other videos I’ve seen for this repair. Appreciate the time and effort you put into this.

I highly recommend using 1/4 deep wall and shallow 13mm sockets and 1/4 ratchet. its smaller size really helps when in those tight areas.

Nice tutorial... I'm going to a mechanic for this one anyway. That looks like too many tight spaces to work in for me. 😂

Very Good and to the point..........

Thank you! Saved me some cussing.

you can get it from the top also without removing those studs. I found this to be the only way without disturbing the AC lines. You must drain the coolant and remove the upper stat housing (2 10mm) and pull the hose out of the way, pull the upper rad support (10 bolts, about 2 minutes with a nut driver) and then tilt the entire rad forward about an inch, this clears the AC lines. Pull the intake box and move the power steering reservoir over and then you can remove the 3 13mm alternator bolts and 2 harness connectors, slide it out and then up. I believe your method is probably how the stealership does it on the rack to not disturb the coolant or AC charge.

I can't believe it, I have a friend that has this van and a Stealershp wanted $1500 to do this job!

I'm having a problem reaching the 2 top alternator bolts. Is it easier to move the ac compressor first?

Great job but what is the fuse for the alternator? on Town and Country or Routan?

Thank you so much for this great video! All the information, clearly presented, and easy to follow. Really helped me out. Excellent work and thank you! 👍

Thanks you!

How do you put the bolts back in???????

The wheel well is plasic and metal any ideas

Btw thank you for the video

Thanks good video only chrysler to make it tht difficult.

2:36 my 13 Chrysler t&c had a 13mm bolt on the alt. not a 12mm

I have done these things replace both battery and alternator and now it's acting like it is dying and starving for fuel any suggestions

Is it make noise

Im assuming this is exactly the same as the 2014.

You said an E7 star bit to remove the studs?

Drivers side tire or passenger?

I am hoping my husband , and, can do this, we are not vehicle ignorant, but, we are both over 60 and it has been extremely hot so prayers, please.

Great video, right to the point.

The service manual skips the a /c pump.

Good video Still doesn’t look easy 😮

Getting those studs lined back up is a whore...... Chrysler pissed me off with this one.

No .. take out the rad fan and flip the coolant hose up do it from the top this guy aint know what hes doing

What a crappy location... lets take an easy repair and make it as difficult as possible SMH

Horrible design.