93SixtySpecial

Thanks for all the info! I honestly don't feel safe having anyone rebuild it around here. Ever since the oil boom everyone has gotten greedy and sloppy with their work due to being overworked. Plus the price difference isn't too much difference. I can get a rebuilt Delco non-heated windshield alternator from rockauto for about $120, plus core of course. The heated winshield rebuilt is about $100. I think for the $20, I might just order the proper one.

Rockauto is where it was more expensive too. The bearing is going out and making a growling noise and I believe the regulator is bad on it also causing a flickering in the lights. Not 100% on the second part. Do you think I could probably just get the one that's for the heated windsheild option even though I don't have it? I wouldn't think it would matter because they are both the same amps. But maybe I'm wrong.

The bearing is going out on my 93 60 Special and I was going to replace it. I was looking on rockauto and oreillys website and the price for a remaned alternator w/o heated windshield is $128 and the one for a heated windshield is $102. This doesn't make sense to me. They are both 140 amp, why the price difference? Could I buy the one with heated windshield even though mine does not have it? I wouldn't think it would be a different size, especially if they are the same amp output. What do you guys think?

I was just going by the owners manual. It says to put 5w-30 in if it's below 60 degrees and to use 10w-30 if it's 0 and above.

I wonder if I should be using a thicker oil with as many miles as I have on my 99. I use 10w-30 in the summer and 5w-30 in the winter (when it gets below 0). It's pretty noisy when I first start it in the morning, maybe I should be putting a little heavier oil in it.