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Alternator in my friend & neighbor's '08 Altima V-6 quit charging. Watched some YouTube videos, many of which were misleading and taking more of the thing apart than necessary. No need to void the A/C system or drain and pull the radiator out as some suggested, but it was a PITA nonetheless. Over two hours.

Next lesson will be the challenge of installing the replacement.
 
No book time for anything over 10 yrs old. Whatever time it takes due to age, rust, degradation of bolts.
 
LarryK said:
No book time for anything over 10 yrs old. Whatever time it takes due to age, rust, degradation of bolts.
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Exactly. Our policy for anything we did, it takes whatever time it takes.
 
A client once brought us his mid-seventies Corniche for a wiper motor control box R&R. I suggested he just flip the wiper switch on/off. Nope! Insisted we replace the unit. Final invoice went just over $2K. Entire instrument panel had to come out, the unit was inaccessible otherwise. He'd seen all the bits of his entire dashboard laid out on an eight foot table.

He: "Wow... can you put it all back together?!? "

Me: "Maybe." :devilish: 😏

He didn't bat an eye when the bill was presented. Paid up like a minter.
 
I have taken one apart before. Don't want to touch another one. To nerve racking knowing parts cost.
 
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