alternator replacing with a 3.5 vq engine

[fleurys]

Hey guys...I need your help....

 

My alternator just went south on me a few minutes ago.

 

So I will need to change the alternator tomorrow morning and want to know if it is possible to remove it from the top (engine bay) instead of the bottom... I have my big skid plate that is installed and would like to try to prevent from removing it etc... because I need to go back to work after this ...so if any of you have changed an alty with the later r50 (3.5), please let me know a small summary of the steps...

 

right now, i'm thinking the following

 

1) remove battery

2) unscrew the alty belt tensionner and remove belt

3) somehow unscrew the alty and bring it from the top

 

I have no idea if I need to remove the rad shroud etc.... so I need your help and experience on the ones that have done so that tomorrow morning I have the fastest and most effective way of changing it.

 

Thank a lot in advance....

 

Steve.

Edited October 21, 2010 by fleurys

[Northernpathy]

Sorry, never removed mine.

 

Did you check the Nissan manual to see what they recommend doing to remove it?

[fleurys]

Sorry, never removed mine.

 

Did you check the Nissan manual to see what they recommend doing to remove it?

 

 

yes I did and there is nothing there or even in my mitchell.... anyway, I guess I had a blonde moment last night because it was not the the alty but the battery!

 

I do not know why I did not check the level of charging when the truck was running, but doing so this morning, just before starting the job, showed a nice 14.4 volt at the battery. Then when trying to start, the battery voltage would drop from 13 to 5 V. So I ended up walking to the store with my battery under my arm and got a new one. Considering that the old one lasted me almost 7 years, I decided to buy the same (Motomaster with 700 amp) at 100$... so a nice 20 minutes job instead of a 2-3 hours one.. I,m very happy and the truck is back online !

[XPLORx4]

Well, I'm glad you saved yourself the trouble of unnecessary expense and effort!

 

BTW, I'm not sure how the alternator is removed in the VG35, but when I R&R'd my alternator (VG33), it pulled out from the top of the engine bay quite easily after removing the battery and loosening the battery cable brackets. I didn't have to remove the fan shroud. Probably the hardest part about replacing it is accessing the connectors at the back of the alternator. I think it took me about an hour to R&R the alty.