Re: Battery light on - electronical issues. Please help!
Originally Posted by
pizzaguy
I ca'nt speak to an SRT6, I understand they are a bit tougher - but I changed mine in the SE twice now (the first replacement went bad in two months).
The first one took me almost 2 1/2 hours. But the second one took only about 45 minutes. It is NOT hard to do at all. Wrestling it out takes some patience, and I lined the frame of the car with cardboard to protect the paint - but it really is not hard.
Remove a battery cable and secure it so it can't come in contact with the battery post first. Then, Take the Engine fan assembly. THen remove the belt. Have a metric and Star socket set handy and you will be fine.
NAPA had an alternator for me for $220. Now, it seems that 04-06s used a Bosch Alternator and the 07-08s used a Valeo. Yank the bad one out first and see what you have before you order one! The configuration on the back varies a little but electrically they are the same.
On SRTs I am told you must transplant the old pulley to the new alternator but on the N/As that is not a concern.
The proper SRT alternator comes with the correct pulley.
Someone tried to put the SRT pulley on an NA alternator and it did not fit. Also the connectors on them are not easily interchangeable. Valeo does make an alternator that replaces the Bosch alternator on the NA as I am sure that Bosch makes an alternator that fits the SRT.
Order using the Mercedes number or the Valeo or Bosch number, the following shows the Valeo numbers for both the Valeo alternator and the Valeo equivalent of the NA Bosch alternator. Select the number on the right hand side for the SLK320 or the SLK32. The number in yellow is just one companies stock number.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ead-img007.jpg
Last edited by onehundred80; Feb 11, 2016 at 11:31 PM.
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