SybilSixx66 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Welp, it's another one of these threads. And this may hopefully be the last one for a while. The ol' rust bucket might have finally died on me. I was about 5 minutes from home after work today, and all the sudden I hear this loud noise that sounded kinda like one of the pulleys wasn't spinning the belts, if that makes sense. Right after that noise started, the piece of junk lost all power and I barely made it off the road before it died completely. Tried to crank it back up, and it turned over, but it didn't sound like it had nearly enough power to crank. all the lights still worked, so it wasn't the battery, and I still had over a half tank of gas in the tank, so who knows... touch of irony here, I actually looked at a car on Thursday. It was a White 2008 Chevy Impala with 60,000 miles on it and a 5,000 dollar price tag. I have some lottery tickets in the second chance drawing, so let's see how that goes... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcay4676 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 sounds like the alternator is junk. your battery will have the power to run your lights, I had that happen to me also, if it is that its an easy fix hopefully this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SybilSixx66 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 It shouldn't be the alternator as we put a brand new one on it at the beginning of spring, though I'm not ruling anything out until I can get it looked at; The closest thing I have to a professional mechanic is my step-uncle, and he's out of town on vacation until Monday. On the plus side, we got it towed back to my place just fine, though I can't find my keys now. The only thing I can think of is I dropped them around where the car was, and that place was infested with mosquitoes. I'm still itchy as can be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJfan48 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 what car are you driving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Colineri Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 You and cars suck as a pair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriotic Canadian Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PiTBUL_ Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 if the alternator came from autozone or advanced I have no doubts its a dead one already... they use the same supplier and the remanufacturer for that supplier is poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SybilSixx66 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Came from O' Reilly. The car is a 1995 Nissan Altima that got punched in the mouth. Knocked in the front end pretty good, and bent up the front of the chassis. Got that straightened out and zip-tied a radiator and new fans in it. put in the new alternator and (sort-of) fixed the power-steering though it still gets a little temperamental on cold days. Well, yesterday it made a sound sort of like what a belt grinding over a stuck pulley and lost power. It will still turn over, but it sounds like it doesn't have enough power to start, as well as making a grinding noise. One time it popped while it was turning over, but that was the only time and it didn't appear to do anything as it didn't sound any different than it did before. I'm surprised that thing made it this long to be completely honest. But this couldn't have happened at a worse time. my dad had carpal tunnel corrective surgery on his right arm last Thursday and has been in the hospital all but a day or two since. He's had 3 different surgeries since then and is currently back in the hospital and will continue to have more surgeries daily until all the problems are fixed. No clue how long it's gonna be but they said he'd probably be there through next weekend. Not to mention my mom's on the verge of a break-down because of all this. And as for me, I need some sleep... And yes, that is me in that pic PC posted. Thanks bro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriotic Canadian Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SybilSixx66 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Uhm, not sure I'm your type bro, sorry. Uhm, yeah, I'll just be... uhm... yeah... Just kidding around, but yea So we found out that it's likely the bearings in the alternator, and my uncle got a lifetime warranty on it, so we just bring it in and they'll hand us a new one. Now all i gotta do is figure out how I'l: A: put gas in my mom's car B: figure out if my left ear is infected or if I'm now deaf on that side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemko Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Uhm, not sure I'm your type bro, sorry. Actually.... Weirdly enough, you kinda look like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SybilSixx66 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 I think I kinda see it! Anyways, my uncle came over today to look at it, and we now know it's either the timing chain or a piston is off. He said my four most likely options would be: A: Buy the parts, tear down and rebuild the engine with said parts B: Run to Texas and kick Demko's ass C: Scrap it D: Buy and install a crate engine yeah, I can't afford any of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemko Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 B. go with B. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PiTBUL_ Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Find a pull-a-part or Pick-a-part or whatever big junkyard in your area... altima's have the same engines as MOST nissans and are usually a dime a dozen... find one that was drilled in the rear or sides as 9 times out of 10 thats the only reason the car was there and its mechanicals are still good... those engines are a pretty easy pull for being a FWD and from the junkyards such as those you can walk out the door with a complete engine for around $100 or so.... take it home and swap the motor out. or you can go crazy and pull a bigger motor out of something like a maxima and shoe horn it in.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SybilSixx66 Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 ^^^ I like the sound of that! Unfortunately, I've scoured the only decent you-pull-it yard around here several times and the only nissan anythings have either been completely raped for parts or was in a front-end collision, same as mine. Plus, they charged me $20 each for a pair of headlights. Plus, it looks more like the aftermath of a mix between a demolition derby and a mud bog out there. You'd have a better chance of getting snake-bit than finding what you need/want. It's ridiculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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