Is this Alternator Impossible to Replace?!? Worst Alternator Ever! Roadside Rescue with Hompow

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Is this Alternator Impossible to Replace?!? Worst Alternator Ever! Roadside Rescue with Hompow

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I Can't Believe how Impossible This Alternator was to Replace! I made sure to find a way to get the car back in Perfect Shape!
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@RoadsideRescue Жыл бұрын

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@derekgardin1512 Жыл бұрын

Don't see many SVT Contours around anymore. They are a real pain to work on too.

@richardkehrli2400 Жыл бұрын

That looks more like a ford contour than a courier

@mitchellbarnow1709 Жыл бұрын

The Courier was the small pickup truck made by Mazda in the 1970’s. The Chevrolet Luv was it’s competition. I don’t care that you gave us the wrong word because it gave us more to learn.

@kyleschumacher83 Жыл бұрын

Bless this guy I would of passed lol great job sir

@UToobSteak 5 ай бұрын

It's a Contour

@glenn4g63 5 ай бұрын

It's a contour svt 2.5 v6 5 speed manual

@nottelling4828 Жыл бұрын

I usually roll down the window to keep from getting locked out

@rod426 Жыл бұрын

Wow. What a PIA to change an alternator. Good job!

@cuongandmari Жыл бұрын

PITA.

@richardkehrli2400 Жыл бұрын

Looks like an oil leak may have led to that alternator's demise

@coreybabcock2023 Жыл бұрын

Yep the oil destroys the windings and bearings

@BVAutoService 10 ай бұрын

One of the worst repairs I've ever had to do was on an 04' Dodge Intrepid...2.7 litter Chrysler engine.. it was the Thermostat. No joke had to take most of the front end apart.

@tbskirk Жыл бұрын

Ford contour SVT. Don't see many of these anymore. Nice little car 🚗

@ushuaiaice2804 Жыл бұрын

Hi Ernest. I used to be like you, pushing the trolley jack by the handle. Until somebody showed me to flip the jack around, so the front wheels are nearest to you & handle furtherest away from your body. Then pull the handle of the jack towards you, while putting one foot on the front axle of the jack. Which will put the jack in a vertical position up in the air on its two front wheels, If you get my drift. This makes moving the jack around far easier. Enjoying your videos & Hello from Dublin . Ireland

@topherd1011 Жыл бұрын

At least it’s not a V8 Lexus starter :) Also.. you should consider pushing cars into a parking lot before repairing them. Doing it in the street is superrr superrrr dangerous dude. You have no one to watch your back. One slip of someone’s steering on the road and you’re a goner … You should also advise your customer she needs a new KEY very very very soon or the theft system will eventually not allow her to start it at all once the key gets past a certain point of wear. Typically, all she’ll need is a new key…

@bandwagon240 Жыл бұрын

1UZ alternators aren't that bad. Failstars are worse by far.

@Chrisstackz 6 ай бұрын

I Owen a 3 ton jack and jack stands and never really use them to work on my Owen car watching these videos of you under the car is giving me the motivation to stop being scared and get it done !

@mitchellbarnow1709 Жыл бұрын

Ernest, that was some awesome wrenching! Your body is trim and lanky, not skinny. You are able to reach into the tiniest of places and you have the upper body strength to loosen the tightest of nuts and bolts.

@microfarmers Жыл бұрын

You said nuts! Lol changing that starter was absolutely nuts! He did a fabulous job working it back and forth until that little thing finally came out. Thanks!

@mitchellbarnow1709 Жыл бұрын

@@microfarmers Those nuts finally came out!

@MrZimmaframe Жыл бұрын

6:22 "Derek the car guys video" lol poor Eric

@BVAutoService 10 ай бұрын

Nice Socket Set Ernest!! 👍

@marshabrown8337 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted. Adventure on!

@ConTheDon187 Жыл бұрын

Those harbor freight jacks are the worst to get out of a pickup bed. Bend your knees don't lean forward with your back. I know its awkward but this is what contributed to me slipping two disks in my back

@stanghp1 Жыл бұрын

Same engine on a cougar, remove passenger axle and replace the alternator 2or 3 wire plug.👍

@hmccall3 Жыл бұрын

Had to replace the alternator on my daughters 2009 Nissan Murano. The bottom bolt was too long and hit the frame rail and wouldn't let the alternator come out. You have to unbolt the engine and jack it up 3 inches for it to clear. after that, it won't come out the bottom. You have to snake it to the top and to the other side of the engine bay. I was definitely cursing the Japanese engineers and their doll sized hands that day! Great job getting her back on the road!

@bandwagon240 Жыл бұрын

Blame the French, they had more of a hand in engineering that thing than the Japanese did. Rough era for Nissan in general.

@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago Жыл бұрын

Same & best method for Chrysler 300 starters

@billinphoenix255 Жыл бұрын

Had me way confused, was looking for a small truck, looks a lot like work, I always worked in a shop with lifts and lots of tools. Good job

@11.9lsupercharged4 Жыл бұрын

Mid 90s jeep Cherokee. The straight six alternator . It has a clutch fan and electric fan and no space in between. I hate that as much as i hated doing the starter on a Mitsubishi galant. Never again

@turboimport95 Жыл бұрын

ill be honest man, i used to do some mobile work, and i realized it is not worth the headache or money to do this type of work any more. if you have a shop at home and do can do some its fine. but mobile is not worth it. issues with parts rusted bolts etc, people want you to do the work practically free. After I stopped doing the work my stress dropped down to near 0%. Its much easier to work for some one else and collect a pay check every week.

@coreybabcock2023 Жыл бұрын

Definitely agree but Id rather work for cash or something I can't do pay check jobs I owe to much and I live in my van and need immediate money plus people help me so I try n pay it forward you just gotta be picky on the people you deal with

@turboimport95 Жыл бұрын

@@coreybabcock2023 in this situation I can agree, it is what it is, just stating a generalization. I Just don't recommend new guys getting into the field if you got other options. It may look easy on the videos but it is not..

@coreybabcock2023 Жыл бұрын

@@turboimport95 I agree it's not easy lots of cheap skates and flakes out there

@unownvoyage Жыл бұрын

I’ve been able to get rid of anti theft by taking out the batt and touching the positive and negative terminal together. It resets the module

@unownvoyage Жыл бұрын

@@BigLeagueDrew “negative” ha you see what I did there? It resets the modules when you touch the negative and positive together.

@unownvoyage Жыл бұрын

@@BigLeagueDrew disconnecting the ground does nothing but turn off the system. Do some research.

@unownvoyage Жыл бұрын

@@BigLeagueDrew yup it drains the capacitors in the computers and forces them to cold reboot. It’s a lot more effective than just disconnecting the negative. 👍

@bandwagon240 Жыл бұрын

SVT Contours aren't the best to work on. Contours/Mystiques had wiring degradation issues, so I'd often refuse them when they'd come into the transmission shop I worked for.

@HouseCallAutoRepair 10 ай бұрын

Key IN THE IGNITION, IN "ON" POSITION, THEN hook up battery. ( may stop the alarm from going off)

@renj6531 2 ай бұрын

i didnt know they made an SVT contour i think it was suppose to replace the Taurus SHO. my dad had a Mercury mystique back in 1995

@sterrshow5016 Жыл бұрын

The altima 3.5 is the WORST alternator job in the world, it took me like 6-7 hours because a bolt holding it in was seized and I had to dremel it off for three hours straight in a parking lot

@sterrshow5016 Жыл бұрын

The connector broke too and that involved removing the intake manifold and a bunch of other crap to crimp connect a new wire

@RoadsideRescue Жыл бұрын

Sounds miserable! I'm sorry you had to do that!

@BVAutoService 10 ай бұрын

My question to you is...what In hell were you doing anywhere near a Nissan??

@Chinunit22 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that is a very rare survivor that escaped crusher. Props to owner

@dealerauctionnightmare4689 Жыл бұрын

When I saw the video title, I thought of the early model Escape 3.0L. Pain in the A$$ to change.

@toolinhand Жыл бұрын

Anyone who had to change that alternator should be allowed to go the the engineer's house and slap him in the face with a dirty sock, I swear!

@Jaylikescar Жыл бұрын

The ford escape v6 2001 I heard was a nightmare lol but idk I prefer when they are on top like Toyotas with lots of space lol

@fernandoquintana4427 Жыл бұрын

It reminds me when Replaced an alternator in a 02 ford escape..what a nightmare i had to remove the axle to get it out

@chrismills9346 Жыл бұрын

That mk2 Mondeo over in England

@mydogpeaches1 Жыл бұрын

definitely not an easy one but my family had a car that took you to the cleaners on the alternator on difficulty it was a 1997 chevy monty Carlo z34 it in the same location on the back bottom of the engine yo have to remove the cv shaft to get it out so everything comes out the strut all of it and what kills it is oil leaking from the oil pump drive shaft o ring and to fix that you have to remove the fake distributor shaft and to do that you have to remove the rear cylinder head because they didn’t machine enough to have clearance oh that 3.4 dohc v6 gm made is a real treat to work on lol

@JM-sy5qv Жыл бұрын

sweet an svt contour. these cars are notoriously difficult to work on

@ourv9603 Жыл бұрын

Pro tip- Whenever you work on a vehicle -ALWAYS- roll down the window so you dont get locked out. !

@coreybabcock2023 Жыл бұрын

Yep

@shofan70 Жыл бұрын

Svt contour is a cool car. Those 2.5's suck to work on. The starter is a pita too.

@billsmith2212 Жыл бұрын

Those Ford Taurus alternators are also buried . I think they only come out one way with some cursing .

@MsJhook Жыл бұрын

This is where an electric ratchet does it's magic

@coreybabcock2023 Жыл бұрын

My x GF precious from Albany NY had a 97 or 98 ford contour back in early 07 when i was homeless in Albany

@alexs-zq6ni Жыл бұрын

Quite the gem of a Contour

@badranger2004 Жыл бұрын

The good old ford contour svt, I’m a ford master technician and everyone in the service department absolutely hated having to do anything on them, it was a ford of Europe car that was brought over here to see how it would sell, the regular non V6 contour wasn’t bad to work on but the ones with the V6 were a pain to do anything on under the hood, it got to the point where for anything major most techs at the dealer would just drop the engine and trans as an assembly to do the work, it was honestly faster and cheaper that way

@RoadsideRescue Жыл бұрын

That's funny! I feel the same way about em now. 😂

@qcbtbx Жыл бұрын

Sheesh! What a pain!

@Wubny Жыл бұрын

The worst alternator I’ve done is on a GMC Acadia. My friend has a 2016 traverse alternator I’m about to do, hopefully it goes smoother than the Acadia.

@coreybabcock2023 Жыл бұрын

Would love to roll my jack down the street at 2 am if I could

@stephenc3504 5 ай бұрын

Was surprised it was standard

@Chevy-hw6lw Жыл бұрын

Wow I would have gave up. Good job. Did you fix that trim piece for her ?!

@RoadsideRescue Жыл бұрын

yeah, but the hole got stripped out so I imagine the screw will fall out one day.

@garyr7027 Жыл бұрын

You should consider investing in a creeper.

@PaulieWalnutss Жыл бұрын

Do you think your new Duralast tool set is worth it? I googled it 250 bucks for a 265 piece seems very steep? Thoughts thanks brother

@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago Жыл бұрын

For Duralast! Ouch. Go with the Gearwrench 💯

@RoadsideRescue Жыл бұрын

I already had two of there smaller ones and was able to just trade em in. I love these tool kits. (Ive seen like 4 or 5 different brands) All have lifetime warranty. So Thats why i got the one from Autozone, im there everyday if i need a replacement or something. But if gearwrench has a similar set with a box, I would Buy that one.

@PaulieWalnutss Жыл бұрын

@@RoadsideRescue thanks brother

@guyaldrich5878 Жыл бұрын

Looks easier than a pt cruiser !

@JamesonPralle Жыл бұрын

It’s a Ford Contour. The Courier is the predecessor of the Ford Ranger

@kennethelliott2267 Жыл бұрын

That’s a ford contour and not just any contour that’s the svt!!! Those cars are hard to find!! Those what you call sleeper cars back in the day with the taurus SHO cars. I’ve tried to find a contour svt for years in decent shape .

@james42519 Жыл бұрын

those battery things use the car battery power to tell it it is hooked up right and not backwards. if there is not enough power then it can't sense it so it don't want to put out the power as a safety thing. they have a boost button on them usually that makes it output full power for like 30 sec or something. does the ones you have not have that feature? i would be surprised if it didn't now.

@coolimpala71 Жыл бұрын

ford v6 engine actually mazda yes hard to get alternator out and back in wrong spot

@McAdamsMechanics Жыл бұрын

A strong OBD2 can cut off the security feature. Or take out the fuse.

@McAdamsMechanics Жыл бұрын

And I thought Honda Odyssey 2011 was bad 😅 hope you were paid hourly! Looks like it took all day!

@Thatboogboi69 Жыл бұрын

Made short work of that. Last time I did one I had to drop my hands in ice after contorting mi digits harder than a prude nun trying to please herself.

@GumbootsOnBackwards Жыл бұрын

Ooooh she's oily. Is the customer aware she's a leaker?

@vegetable206 Жыл бұрын

Have an 02 Hyundai sonata, same thing same place. I have to pull the axle and motor mount to jack the engine up to get the alternator out. Its true what they say engineers will walk by 5 virgins to f**** a mechanic.

@toonmag50 Жыл бұрын

You live in a magnificent part of the world. If i lived there i would spend too much time in the mountains. Quick question - Where to you place the load bearing part of a jack when going into the centre of the car.,as you did? My car and wifes car shrouded in plastic covers and I'm DIY!

@RoadsideRescue Жыл бұрын

This one had a subframe. You can only lift from the center if there is a strong cross member.

@toonmag50 Жыл бұрын

@@RoadsideRescue noted thank you.

@garyr7027 Жыл бұрын

Heard that, the mountain back drop is awesome to look at. Be a great place to hike to and build a cabin... a great get away place.

@BVAutoService 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, but how many you actually listen to Brooks and Dunn?? 🎶 Out in the country past the city limit sign... 🎶

@coreybabcock2023 Жыл бұрын

That old car shouldn't be on the road bushings are all rotted can cause the death wobble or something

@enlightenednews5265 Жыл бұрын

Looks like an older UK Ford Mondeo

@11sfr Жыл бұрын

It is, sold here as the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique from 1995-2000, built in both Missouri and Mexico.

@tywebb355 Жыл бұрын

Those were based on the Mondeo....... Good eye !!!

@benchmark3332 5 ай бұрын

Hard to work on is one of the reasons why Ford is not making that model anymore. In my Camry I watch a 5 min video and replace alternator like taking a candy from a kid.

@anthonyzeledon5549 Жыл бұрын

Me gusta todos los videos que haces ... Tu eres de argentina??

@RoadsideRescue Жыл бұрын

vivi en Rosario pero soy de aca!

@dgdynasty2149 Жыл бұрын

Not a Ford courier

@major__kong Жыл бұрын

Seems like a common theme in your videos is having to take your battery out because the customer's is dead. Maybe you need to carry another battery just for these occasions not to sell to the customer rather just get the job done. Those jump packs aren't really designed to give constant power. The boost button only gives a few seconds of power if the battery is dead.

@JimmyMakingitwork Жыл бұрын

Looks like engine oil took out the brushes on that alternator. Good work out though!

@jaredmelseth9456 6 ай бұрын

2014 Lincoln MKZ Alternators are worse. I believe all data says to pull the engine

@bw1841 Жыл бұрын

Ford Courier: rebadged Mazda-built mini truck. Ford Contour: Ford-built "world car" small European styled sedan sized in between the Escort and the Taurus.

@saabreplay7553 Жыл бұрын

Take it to the dealer. Heck no

@bill7788 Жыл бұрын

I hate how,these,are made engine mounts,and,a,inch oc clearamce

@benchmark3332 5 ай бұрын

Lol the car have a default anti theft, manual transmission is the best anti theft.

@ranze63 4 ай бұрын

Actually Ernest is in cyrillic Ернест. That is transliterating єjaiєѕt.

@Believer21777 Жыл бұрын

The ford escape 2013 and up has to have the engine mount bolts out engine lifted on one side and the alternator come out the bottom after pulling the AC pump CRAP junk GARBADE JUNK Insane makes me hate Ford and I was a ford man. Not any longer all new cars are complete junk. I Will be rebuilding an older vehicle and will never every buy a new car again any of them.

@Gramps83 Жыл бұрын

Contour, not Courier.

@johnspiecha275 4 ай бұрын

Most good car jump starters have a boost setting for batteries lower than 1% , so you can toss that Chinese piece of crap in the garbage !!

@lonerider5315 Жыл бұрын

Nobody makes more junk than ford 😂😂, i refuse to work on 99% of them.

@sinisterx9029 Жыл бұрын

Ok gm= garbage motors or crappy Chrysler's

@lonerider5315 Жыл бұрын

@@sinisterx9029 most American shit is trash

@ourv9603 Жыл бұрын

A cigarette lighter power source? Most cars today do not have cigarette lighters. What you are talking about is a 12volt power port. Thats where you plug in your USB phone charger to. Or maybe a spotlight. Who even smokes these days? !

@AndWhat11 Жыл бұрын

Started up my mobile mechanic business about 8 months ago after 7 years in the industry as a dealership tech. Definitely a different pace. I have learned a lot. I run google ads and have a seo optimization company go through my website and ads. I'm having lots of issues getting new clients. Do you have any tips