estimated time to instal alternator

[702_MJ]

any one know a rough guesstimate on how long it should take to instal a stock replacement alternator.

[jtdesigns]

Took me about an hour including tightening the belt. wear safety glasses when under there though. alot of that time was wiping crap out of my eyes.. :nuts:

[FxRacing282]

any one know a rough guesstimate on how long it should take to instal a stock replacement alternator.

10 minutes maybe... get a diagram of the belt cuase youll be like... YES I GOT IT and then youll have to much slack.

[JohnQ]

I've changed mine three times now and I can do it in around 15 min.

[Eagle]

I've done the '88 XJ once and the '88 MJ twice. The MJ took about a half hour each time. The XJ took an hour. The XJ still has the splash shield in place, so I had to work from above.

[Rokhound]

x2 on the belt thing

[DirtyComanche]

Takes about 5-10 on the MJ (probably less now), but on the XJ I had it took me about two hours... Stupid thing had A/C and a front skid. Better yet the front skid had been installed with SAE hardware (in metric pal nuts) and I had to cut it off after wasting a lot of time with less destructive methods (I hate front skids).

 

So, if I'd budget a fair amount of time if you've never done it on that truck before.

[702_MJ]

dang u guys fly on that stuff. I aint even got mine out yet, course i wasted half my time walking back and fourth getting the right tool. And theres only those three bolts holding it on right? If so man mine is seized on there pretty damn good, too much mud bogging.