98 3.0 DOHC Taurus..,alternator died... For once,I don't have the the tools,to do the job....This hurts?.. Anyone else been here? (Cheaper to sublet it out,than buy the tools....).. Surreal,post yours....
97 k,it died.. Rob, your correct..I don't know,if I have the patience anymore.....Thanks,for the answer,and well aware of the project.....Thanks....What's different about that then Kitty's 04 Escape? It has basically the same engine. I know I will have to remove the RF axle and lower the engine cradle in the rear, but all it takes is regular hand tools.
But as of now, the alternator is still kickin at 138K.
97 k,it died.. Rob, your correct..I don't know,if I have the patience anymore.....Thanks,for the answer,and well aware of the project.....Thanks....
What's different about that then Kitty's 04 Escape? It has basically the same engine. I know I will have to remove the RF axle and lower the engine cradle in the rear, but all it takes is regular hand tools.
But as of now, the alternator is still kickin at 138K.
What's different about that then Kitty's 04 Escape? It has basically the same engine. I know I will have to remove the RF axle and lower the engine cradle in the rear, but all it takes is regular hand tools.
But as of now, the alternator is still kickin at 138K.
Rob,I understand.... completely ....I completely understand, believe me. I am going to let a friend who has a shop put the oil pan gasket on Kitty's car, because it is leaking. Front exhaust pipe has to come off. I don't have a lift and am too damn old to roll around on a creeper anymore. Screw that.
For me, it's not about not being smart, it's about gettin old.
98 3.0 DOHC Taurus..,alternator died... For once,I don't have the the tools,to do the job....This hurts?.. Anyone else been here? (Cheaper to sublet it out,than buy the tools....).. Surreal,post yours....
Actually that's how most V6's are doneI ended up farming out half of a spark plug change on my wife's '98 Olds Intrigue some years ago.
The front plugs stared back at you everytime you opened the hood and changed out in a breeze, but no matter what combo of tools I tried I couldn't get any setup on the back plugs on that transverse V6.
Finally took it in to have the back 3 plugs changed out.
Found out afterwards that you have to loosen the motor mounts and rock the engine forward in order to get enough room to get a socket on the plugs.
Absolutely outstanding engineering! NOT!!!
Newer cars to me are pretty easy, when i was in auto school, i was learning on OBD 2 and mostly newer front wheel drive cars only.
My instructor would laugh when i was asking about the old stuff on my own car.
Lucky for me, i had an old timer transmissions teacher who knew what an 833 is.
Newer cars seem like they require more patience because you often have to disassemble more to get a given job done as compared to an older and more simple built car.
Ford taurus is a great car. My mom has an 05 DOHC and the a/c compressor gave out so i unbolted the motor mounts and used the rachet strap trick and rotated the engine and i had a clean shot at it.
In newer cars there are always ways to make it easy but sometimes the easy way is like seeing the tree through the forest
RRR, minus the flow chart that stuff isn't that bad, work is work. Get in, take out part, put new one in. When the job calls for parts swapping, it's easy. I did 7 years as a mechanic in a shop that did ANYTHING. Quit in '13 to go work in a profession with actual retirement perks.So newer cars are easy? How bout GM V8 engines with the starter under the intake manifold? What about Ford manual transmissions where the slave cylinder AND throwout bearing are ONE PIECE and you have to remove the transmission just to replace a leak.
Or an alternator on a Ford Escape where you have to remove a drive axle and lower the engine cradle just to replace the alternator?
Or RWAL and 4WAL ABS systems that require a troubleshooting flow chart literally as long as your arm.
It ain't all the rose garden you painted it out to be, I got news. You are in a very exact and particular situation. You work for no one but yourself. So, you get to pick and choose your jobs.
Go work for someone else where you have to do what they say, work on what they take in and work on every make. Every model and have to do it with a level of proficiency good enough that they don't come back.
I don't want to hear how easy you think newer cars are to work on when it simply isn't true. People go to school for years and spend thousands of dollars on education to work on modern cars. I'd love to see you in a dealership environment working on flat rate clock time and have to do literally everything thrown at you from automatic transmissions, to engines, to computer diagnosis and everything in between. With service writers constantly breathing down your neck wanting to know when every job will be ready. Plus, getting paid HALF the labor for factory warranty work.
.....but then, you might surprise me.
RRR, minus the flow chart that stuff isn't that bad, work is work. Get in, take out part, put new one in. When the job calls for parts swapping, it's easy. I did 7 years as a mechanic in a shop that did ANYTHING. Quit in '13 to go work in a profession with actual retirement perks.
But leaning over a car all day or laying in the floor does take its toll on your body