Alternator REPLACEMENT Question

[MasterSolenoid]

This is a hypathetical question:
I have a 2002 Ford Ranger / with original Alternator
Lets say I want to replace this Alternator

Rock Auto lists (for 2002 Ford Ranger):
1) Remanufactured Motorcraft $148.79
2) They ALSO show an ACDelco $121.99

Question:Would these be exactly the same Alternators ? ? ? One being Ford, the other General Motors
Or would I have to worry about some small difference ?

I would of course get the Motorcraft, but just curious.

Thanks for any replies and Merry Christmas.

 

[Kode]

AC delco. All the way. Best components to compliment your ride. Merry Christmas to you too.

 

[jhellwig]

Ac delco is like any other parts brands. The make or rename parts for all makes and models. They even have their own parts stores in some parts of the country. I can get all sorts of ac delco parts for my Toyota.

Delco remmy electrical components are good stuff. The best upgrade on some older fords is a gm style alternator.

 

[maxdustington]

If not the same they would probably be pretty close. They most likely are reboxing someone else's rebuilds.

 

[ragtoplvr]

The ford alternator of that vintage is easy to rebuild and quite reliable, i would consider it an upgrade over delco of that vintage.

Best to leave it alone until it fails. Get a reman from a local rebilder that will rebuild your core.

Rod

 

[spk2000]

Every GM I have ever owned eats alternators. Never had one go out in Ford. This is my own experience but read some reviews online to see if it compares. I would stick to Motorcraft especially in a Ford.

 

[bullwinkle]

I wouldn't fix it until it fails. The XJ in my sig has an alternator that has had some bearing noise since I bought the Jeep, but it isn't getting any louder, I'll probably have a rebuilder put bearings in it when they get annoyingly loud. Too many reman alternators don't seem to be very good, they fail a lot faster than OEM.

 

[nthach]

If it was me, Motorcraft. Delco remans unless it's for a GM and not Professional grade aren't that great IMO.

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted by ragtoplvr
The ford alternator of that vintage is easy to rebuild and quite reliable, I would consider it an upgrade over delco of that vintage.


Yes, the 3G Motorcraft is leaps better than whatever Delphi was making those years.

I have never had a 3G go bad....... yours very likely will never go bad, either

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted by MasterSolenoid
This is a hypathetical question:
I have a 2002 Ford Ranger / with original Alternator
Lets say I want to replace this Alternator


My 1993 Ford Ranger still has the original alternator, with over 250,000 miles - I doubt yours will die anytime soon

 

[Kruse]

I have a '98 Ford Ranger with the 3.0 engine/ manual transmission. (My year truck takes the same alternator as yours) Believe it or not, it's my wife's favorite vehicle and she takes it everywhere, including 1200 mile trips to visit her mom.
About two years ago, the alternator failed with no warning with the engine having about 130K miles on it. Since she wanted to drive it the very next day, I replaced it after dark one night. It took all of about 10 minutes and I put on an "all new" Remy that I had in inventory. It was an incredibly easy remove and replace. Ordinarily, I'd repair the original, but because she needed the vehicle the next day, I just put the new one on and I've never took the old one apart. The replacement has worked flawlessly....at least, so far.
However, like others have posted, I wouldn't worry about it until the old one failed.

 

[joegreen]

I have a 98 ranger 3.0. the alternator was acting up charged then didn't charge. That was probably around 130-150k. Turns out the brushes and slip ring wore out. Put a new slip ring and brushes in it and it has been perfect ever since.

 

[ted s]

its rebuilt of an original one not a gm style alernator

 

[Black_Thunder]

I simply don't buy reman starters or alternators anymore, regardless of who reman's them.


you can buy aftermarket NEW starts and alternators for less or around the same and if you do your research and read reviews of the brands they will last a long time.


I've had good luck with NSA starters and alternators. DB Electrical does alright and a couple other brands that i can't think of.

 

[Audios]

Theres a good chance the Delco is going to be Chinese, Id stick with the Motorcraft for the slight uptick in price.

 

[Kira]

I heard all the Delco remans are now remanned in China. OK, fine, we all hear the same rumors / reports.

Isn't it funny we never hear ANY rumors / reports on QA/QC within China?

Is it not possible for them to up the quality of one or more components to raise the Q of a reman?

 

[dogememe]

Originally Posted by Kira
I heard all the Delco remans are now remanned in China. OK, fine, we all hear the same rumors / reports.

Isn't it funny we never hear ANY rumors / reports on QA/QC within China?

Is it not possible for them to up the quality of one or more components to raise the Q of a reman?


Sure, but why up the quality when most of the time the vehicle is sold or junked for other reasons by the time the rebuilt junk kicks the bucket? That's the reason so many low quality parts at the parts store have "lifetime warranty" because they expect it to last like 2 years if you're lucky. Usually the only difference between the $8 part with 1 year warranty and the $10 part with lifetime warranty is the color of the box. If we're talking about alternators, the aftermarket new ones are much better than the rebuilt ones but even the new ones have a surprisingly high failure rate. As for brand names, they don't really matter anymore. There are just a few companies out there making these parts and the name on the box means nothing. At work we just switched from BWD branded parts to Standard, Intermotor by Standard, and Blue Streak by Standard and so now the boxes are three different colors. But the parts are the same. It was quite a pain in the [censored] relabeling all the BWD parts because they actually changed the part numbers too like [censored]!

 

[ragtoplvr]

False. China not allowing in stuff for reman. Done in Mexico.

Almost all new aftermarket alternators and starters are done in China, or use china parts assembled in Mexico.

there is still some reman done in the USA, normally the lower volume ones so they do not have to train the workers in Mexico so much. If it fits a chevy, ford, dodge and some common japanese it will be reman in Mexico using mostly chinese parts.

Rod

 

[Snagglefoot]

Originally Posted by Linctex
Originally Posted by MasterSolenoid
This is a hypathetical question:
I have a 2002 Ford Ranger / with original Alternator
Lets say I want to replace this Alternator


My 1993 Ford Ranger still has the original alternator, with over 250,000 miles - I doubt yours will die anytime soon


I have what is the probably the same alternator in a 2000 Ford Taurus. I bought a rebuilt replacement in anticipation of its ultimate failure. After almost 19 years and 150,000 miles the original is going strong and the Dixie rebuilt one is still in the box. I guess it's too late to send in for a core rebate.

 

[bullwinkle]

Originally Posted by Kruse
I have a '98 Ford Ranger with the 3.0 engine/ manual transmission. (My year truck takes the same alternator as yours) Believe it or not, it's my wife's favorite vehicle and she takes it everywhere, including 1200 mile trips to visit her mom.
About two years ago, the alternator failed with no warning with the engine having about 130K miles on it. Since she wanted to drive it the very next day, I replaced it after dark one night. It took all of about 10 minutes and I put on an "all new" Remy that I had in inventory. It was an incredibly easy remove and replace. Ordinarily, I'd repair the original, but because she needed the vehicle the next day, I just put the new one on and I've never took the old one apart. The replacement has worked flawlessly....at least, so far.
However, like others have posted, I wouldn't worry about it until the old one failed.
a little OT-how is everyone's experience with new Remy starters? RA has a fairly good price on them, the XJ's is failing and I don't want a junk reman, plus with a new one I can rebuild the original for a spare, guessing brushes, solenoid, and a general clean up will fix the original 236K mile one.