Final post on alternators

["basfe25" <dmcman73@xxxx>]

This is going to be my final post on this subject because I am not 
about to get into a debate over it. I used this setup because it is 
very reliable, inexpensive and I have the comfort knowing that if it 
goes it can be replaced in a matter of hours not days waiting. 
Others may like to go and get a bolt on replacement...that's fine 
that is their own God given choice. People have asked me what I did, 
wanted to know if I had instructions and I supplied them...that's 
all. If anyone wants to know how I performed a modification I will 
supply them with any instructions I can because I am that type of 
guy. I don't expect anything in return and I don't make a dime off 
it. If I have spare parts to sell I post it on the DML to give 
people first crack at it even though I know I can make more money on 
it on eBay. This is a hobby for me and others and when people have 
the same interests and hobbies you help each other out...that's what 
it's all about. I am not saying my setup is the best all 
around...fact is any alternator will go..new, remanufactured or 
rebuilt. Case in point I have heard numerous accounts of NEW 
alternators from you John going and needing to be replaced. You can 
say all you want and praise your stuff all you want. 

What ticked me off it your previous post (and a LOT of other DML 
list members) is you calling me and other Delorean owners "cheap" or 
stating that I or anyone else in the Delorean community dose not 
deserve to own a Delorean because we didn't buy something from you 
or some other vendor or because we installed a remanufacture/rebuilt 
part. That's just a dirty business practice (like "borrowing" 
someone's name). You had a bad experience at Pep Boys...serves you 
right...most mechanics there are straight out of trade school just 
learning the ropes. Everyone can tell you stories about bad 
experiences at mechanics. I have not once had a problem with any 
rebuilt/remanufactured part that I have purchased from a reliable 
auto parts store. In most cases they have out lived the actual car. 

In my opinion if I was to go with a bolt on replacement I would go 
with Rob's setup. Yes it's more expensive but I have only heard of 
ONE failure on his setup and that was due to the mechanic screwing 
it up while installing it. I do my homework...I talk to a lot of 
Delorean owners on and off the list and I listen to what they 
recommend and say. Most people will never admit to it because they 
are afraid that if they complain about a vendor they will 
be "banished" from purchasing stuff from them as one vendor does 
now. 

That's it....I'm done on this topic. If anyone else would like to 
know of other "cheap" replacement parts contact me.

Steve ("el cheapo")