My alternator has been dyinhg a slow death for the past 6 moths or so. Usual symtoms,a little whine at idle,dancing voltmeter when A/C is on. I think it would have died quicker if I didnt have a Optima yellow top.Thanks DaveGS4:thumbup:. The last straw was two days ago when I went to back out of th garage and I hit the brakes and the headlight/ dash lights blinked
. I thought I was still sleep so I did it again.Blinked again. Voltmeter was reading almost 13-14. After a couple more stabs . I said screw it and took the wifes car. Had the battery checked it was fine. Put it back in the car and turned on all the accessories and turned up my gains on the sub amp,voltmeter dropped to 11 car almost stalled .
I checked every part store in the area to cross reference part numbers to make sure it would fit. Someone had alrready done this on TN, but I wanted to be sure. I deceide to pull the trigger...but nobody has one in the area. No Toyota dealership, no parts store , no bone yards. Toyota dealer said I could have one by monday or so. Called NAPA on a whim. They have ONE :whatwhat:
Took about 1.5 hours to install. Then I fired her up. Wow, my little 80 amp alternator was hanging on by a thread, No blinking lights,all the whining is gone, the voltmeter stays pegged at 14.5 or so. I turned everything on and cranked the stereo(sorry neighbors). Stayed at 14-14.5. WOW. This was well worth the 300 bucks. Yes its expnsive,but is was new not used.
FYI this alternator upgrade should fit all 1MZFE'S.
Camrys and Solaras have 80 amp
Most Siennas,Avalons,ES300' have 100 amp
RX300's I didnt check
Not all Highlanders have 130 amps most have 100. The 130 is the HO usually coupled with a towing package or 4wd.
. I thought I was still sleep so I did it again.Blinked again. Voltmeter was reading almost 13-14. After a couple more stabs . I said screw it and took the wifes car. Had the battery checked it was fine. Put it back in the car and turned on all the accessories and turned up my gains on the sub amp,voltmeter dropped to 11 car almost stalled . I checked every part store in the area to cross reference part numbers to make sure it would fit. Someone had alrready done this on TN, but I wanted to be sure. I deceide to pull the trigger...but nobody has one in the area. No Toyota dealership, no parts store , no bone yards
. Toyota dealer said I could have one by monday or so. Called NAPA on a whim. They have ONE :whatwhat: Took about 1.5 hours to install. Then I fired her up. Wow, my little 80 amp alternator was hanging on by a thread, No blinking lights,all the whining is gone, the voltmeter stays pegged at 14.5 or so. I turned everything on and cranked the stereo(sorry neighbors). Stayed at 14-14.5. WOW. This was well worth the 300 bucks. Yes its expnsive,but is was new not used.
FYI this alternator upgrade should fit all 1MZFE'S.
Camrys and Solaras have 80 amp
Most Siennas,Avalons,ES300' have 100 amp
RX300's I didnt check
Not all Highlanders have 130 amps most have 100. The 130 is the HO usually coupled with a towing package or 4wd.
