My alt broke yesterday, getting junk yard alt today. For a long while my jeep has had a loud whistle to it. (Mostly on start up) I figured it was a vacuume leak, and still may be, but starting to wonder if it's been my alt this whole time
Could be, I have a video on helping identify sounds like that in the engine bay. A previous owner got a bunch of mud in the engine bay so my alt. Was grinding but so was my belt tensioner so that video may help as well. Thanks for watching and best of luck
Basic ratchet 3/4 drive set and metric sized wrenches would be all that's needed. A pry bar would help rock out the alternator itself if it's stuck in place but if you have size 10-15 you should be good to go
So to relive the tension you don't need a Socket just a 1/2 drive rachet/breaker bar. There a square hole in the arm it fits in. Sorry for the delay, thanks for watching!
@jaystetser2612 The range is based on the 4.0 engine during those years. Do you have a 4.0 as well? Or is it the 5.2 or 5.9? I'm happy to change the range if for some reason the 4.0 had a different set up that year I just had to go off what I could find as mine is a 2002. If it is different can you describe it?
Thanks just changed mine thanks to this video! Great job
My alt broke yesterday, getting junk yard alt today. For a long while my jeep has had a loud whistle to it. (Mostly on start up) I figured it was a vacuume leak, and still may be, but starting to wonder if it's been my alt this whole time
Could be, I have a video on helping identify sounds like that in the engine bay. A previous owner got a bunch of mud in the engine bay so my alt. Was grinding but so was my belt tensioner so that video may help as well. Thanks for watching and best of luck
@@picklesgarage it's the idler pulley making my whistling noise. Never heard one do that. Replaced the alt. Works good. Thanks for the video man!
@codylinger4246 sure thing, glad it worked. Thanks for watching, have a good one
Great video. Which brand of alternator did you choose? Is it reman?
It is yes, I used rockauto. It was thru AC Delco. Bosch isn't bad either just slightly more
Very good video thank you!
@@jorgevasquez-lz4be Thanks for watching!
Hell yeah thanks guys
Happy to help, thanks for watching
What all tools were used.?
Basic ratchet 3/4 drive set and metric sized wrenches would be all that's needed. A pry bar would help rock out the alternator itself if it's stuck in place but if you have size 10-15 you should be good to go
What size socket was used for the tensioner
So to relive the tension you don't need a Socket just a 1/2 drive rachet/breaker bar. There a square hole in the arm it fits in. Sorry for the delay, thanks for watching!
the 98 is completely different
@jaystetser2612 The range is based on the 4.0 engine during those years. Do you have a 4.0 as well? Or is it the 5.2 or 5.9? I'm happy to change the range if for some reason the 4.0 had a different set up that year I just had to go off what I could find as mine is a 2002. If it is different can you describe it?
@@picklesgarage 4.0
@@picklesgarage 1998 is the last year of the ZJ. 92-98
@jaystetser2612 Ah gotcha, thats right. No worries I'll update. Thanks for letting me know