Rebuilding my Alternator Myself

[DeepPower]

Well, the new alternator on my '89 SHO just failed after three weeks. Regulator failed, voltage increases until it reaches 18V @ 3000RPM which shuts down most of the electronics.

I'm having a warranty replacement put in, but I want to rebuild an alternator myself so I know its done right. Been 20 years since I've done it. Can someone tell me who makes the best alternator rebuild kit? Who makes the best regulator, diodes, brushes, etc?

 

[shomethe$$$]

Just a thought. I don't know who makes a kit, my brand new alternator started overcharging because I didn't have the charge light hooked up or even a dash when I did a swap, first alternator was an original, overcharged, second was a Carquest brand, same problem.

Once I wired up the bulb (which also has a resistor in parallel soldered to the dash), the voltage came down from like 16v to 14.7 at idle. Mine was a 93 3 wire, yours should be a two wire, you'll have to look at the wiring diagram.