Alternator problems

[Shadrach]

On 12/29/2018 at 4:39 PM, Ragsf15e said:

AL12-P70 is correct.  Ref:

https://m.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pdf/plane-power-pma2013.pdf

Ok, generally I agree with all you guys about fixing stuff.  Brushes probably easy enough, but there’s something to be said about starting fresh too.  Maybe don’t tell your wife that-she May think you’re talking about more than the washing machine!

Yeah, the thing that can be said is that new parts are an unknown quantity of unproven performance. At least Hartzell acquired Plane Power and not Kelly Aerospace...

[Marauder]

Same thing today    I want a new dishwasher what’s the matter with the old one - the heater element went bad.  New heater element on the way.  The dishwasher will live to see another day.  

I had one of those dishwashers. Bought it new in 1997, first round of troubles in 2004. Found parts online and kept fixing it until the wife said “that’s enough”. Felt like the father in the movie “Christmas Story” who kept his furnace running with a few expletives tossed in.


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[Shadrach]

On 12/29/2018 at 1:52 PM, jetdriven said:

Can you explain this?

My anecdotal experience is that energy star compliance has detracted from reliability. I am not an appliance repairman, but I help out friends and family from time to time. I know of three people who’ve experienced failed evap motors on their refrigerators in the first five years of ownership. I personally returned two different dishwashers because of their lousy  I personally returned two different dishwasher because of their lousy performance. “Induction dry” means no heating element... I bought an upper mid-grade GE unit that had a heating element. That washer has been serviced three times in three years. The previous unit was >20 years old and had never been serviced. When the control unit failed, we “upgraded”...

My recently retired auto mechanic has a late 40s/early 50s era Westinghouse fridge in his shop. It’s been there since I went there for the first time with my father in the late 70s.

Edited December 30, 2018 by Shadrach

[David Lloyd]

Before replacing brushes in your alternator, check the slip rings with your fingertip.  Are they smooth?  It was suggested to me be the founder of Interav to use a piece of scotchbrite pad to smooth minor irregularities by turning the rotor.   Careful, don't loose a fingertip!  Interav repair book says to run-in the new brushes unloaded for an hour. 

[Philip]

David L.  Great info!  Thank you.

Edited December 31, 2018 by Philip

[Yetti]

15 hours ago, Marauder said:

 

I had one of those dishwashers. Bought it new in 1997, first round of troubles in 2004. Found parts online and kept fixing it until the wife said “that’s enough”. Felt like the father in the movie “Christmas Story” who kept his furnace running with a few expletives tossed in.


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I had a maytag gas dryer for about 10 years.  Every now and then you had to throw a new gas regulator valve at it.  Same with AC Compressors, they need a capacitor or 240v solenoid thrown at them every now and then.