This is the best "Clear" video I've seen with good lighting and I've saved it to my Favorites. I'll be coming back to view later because I'm picking up an alternator tomorrow for my 2003 Neon SXT. Thank You for a great video on the neon, TH-cam is the best thing to ever happen to a "back yard" mechanic like myself.
My wife has a 2002, It's got 116000 on it and this is the 1st time I've had to do anything to it...Thanks for the video, saw some others but this one is the best I've seen
wow, I'm not mechanically inclined and have no idea what I'm doing fixing things on my car but this video made it a lot easier to do. I think it's gteat that you gave the size to use as well as locations of the bolts to remove. My friend helping me was impressed that I didn't have to ask his help on this one. I'd recommend watching anything you put out for help. Thanks for your help for us backyard mechanics.
Thanks for a great video. Tried to do this with the car on ramps and couldn't get the darn thing out. Saw how it came out up on the jack with the axle out of the way, put it on a jack and out it came. Your video saved me a lot of aggravation (and curses)!
Richpin06a, gotta say man, these videos are freaking amazing. Am currently in the middle of replacing the head on my wifes neon and your videos have been a huge help
Thanks a million for this video. It was very helpful. Spot on the money. Haven't done one before, and my son in law and I did it last night following your video. It took us 4 hours, but a lot of that time was looking for told I needed, but mostly tools I sat down and couldn't remember where they were. lol The minor spot where you forgot to mention to take off the belt didn't effect us at all. The one hiccup I had was reinstalling the mounting bracket. I learned not to use an impact when reinstalling the bracket. I used the impact and the bolt head twisted right off. lessons learned. We dealt with that and pushed on. Also the continual mention of what size boltheads was extremely handy. I'm terrible with guessing the size wrench or socket I'll need, so that saved us untold amounts of time. Keep up the great work. I've subscribed to your channel, so I can continue learning with my mechanic endeavors. Thanks again, David
I have an 05 neon that has problems with the lights fluctuating and the rpms dropping almost like the engine is hesitating. This problem gets worse if you turn on the headlights, heater, defrost, stereo, etc.. The symptoms improve while revving the engine though. I have replaced the battery and cleaned the terminals could this be a bad alternator?
Great video, actually one of the best ones I've found for this operation. I just wish you would have recorded the installation process as well. Thank you for sharing
Thanks this video helped a lot got the job done for a first timer on this car.. but at 5:30 the adjuster bolt doesnt need to be removed just adjusted to add slack or tighten the belt . Once the bracket at 6:50 is off you can just wiggle it off the bolt at the top of altenator that was at 5:30 it will fall right off.
Thank you so much. Went exactly as you depicted it. One question however is on the tension for the belt. I think I had overtighted it a touch and was getting a ticking sound (I witnessed new alternator being tested so I can rule out bad alternator) Ticking went away when I released a bit of tension. Just double checking that it would be a cause of the noise and not something else. Thank you again!
Do you know why my daughters 2000 Neon with a 2.0 engine would have a single groove V-belt pulley? The belt goes around the large crank pulley as far as I can tell. The replacement alternator has a serpentine type pulley. Nobody at the parts store can find any info on the V- pulley. I hope I can swap the pulleys when I install the new alternator! Thanks for any light you may have on this question!
Hey rich, wow! That negative terminal on the back of the alternator is tuff! I probably should not have loosened everything first while I struggled with it. I think I'll put the positive harness on first then slip up the Alternator to the top then do the Negative terminal underneath the harness.
Thanks for the help. My alternator turns freely and has always worked just fine. I believe the broken belt may be my only problem. Do I need to remove the serpentine belt to get the new belt on? Could you please give me a brief description of how to do this?
Thanks for pointing out the metric nut sizes as you went along. I read a few columns on changing the alternator on my daughters Neon, and NOBODY mentioned the whole job is done with metric tools! I was only able to look at the situation since I didn't bring any metric tools with me. On my way back to her place tomorrow with the right tools now! Can anyone shed light on why the old alternator has a single V- belt pulley, vs the wide serpentine pulley on the new alternator I bought for a 2000 2.0?
Hey rich this is the same alternator thats in my eclispe, it is much easier to remove the bracket and the alternator as one piece and slide the alternator out with the tires facing forward. Ive done these on many 420a Chrysler motors and they are much faster this way plus the alternator wont just fall down
AWESOME VIDEO....could'nt have done it without this. Took me about 3 hours including back and forth to computer AND going to auto zone. Did it with only the stock neon jack and some concrete blocks for added safety. Very tight underneath but...I'm skinny........A bit claustrophobic. Got friend to hold alternator instead of using dowel....easier. Hardest part is tension bolt...I had to take it out to remove....hard to get back together. Video pop up says you dont have to remove.
Great video! I have an 01 PT Cruiser and this Neon shares the same parts and engine layout. I'm hoping if and when i need to change my alt I can remove the bracket like you did, and not remove the driveaxle like the Haynes manual states.
Don't see many compact cars with OHV engines, eh? In the 87 honda civic, they had the nerve to put the alternator right under the master brake cylinder. Very tight squeeze to loosen and almost impossible to pivot for belt tension.
The one drawback with every Neon owner I know...Chrysler/Dodge made absolutely no provisions for repair clearence on these damn cars...Everything in that engine compartment is cramped in there, thus making replacement of components such as the alternator or water pump a major chore...
I notice that when you pointed out the 3 15 mm bolts for the mounting bracket that you removed 2 of them by hand... obviously you loosened them before hand. But thats nothing, i noticed that you only showed the removal of those 2, the 3rd which is just a bit higher up from the 2 you removed by hand, is already missing by the time you started removing the 2 bolts by hand... how did you get that bolt out? Ive tried 2 different size socket wrenches with 4 different size extensions, deepwell and standard, and i cant anything in there from the bottom
Could you please tell me if you know an easier way to remove and replace an alternator in a 98 dodge avenger 2.0. As far add i can troll its at the bottom.thanks in advance for taking the time. I'm only going you cab shed some light on my situation
OOOh boy. How tight should the belt be? and you removed the tire assembly to get the lower Through-bolt , right? Do you know , too if thier is a Tranny drain plug on the 2000?
How much would your average shop charge to remove and reinstall an alternator? I'm looking into getting one, andthe amplifier will be 1200 rms so it would be a good idea to replace the alt with a high output alternater and I'm curious as to how much it may be?( apart from buying the highoutput alt)
How do you get the electric piece with the red lock to lock back when you put it back together. I can't get it to lock and so its connected but not secure.
it's in your video , Rich. lol You don't see it. It's behind the alternator after you losened the 10mm. Unless because it's dark up near the exhaust heat shield it just looks black.
Will this work for the 2000-2003 PT Cruisers? I have a limited non-turbo 01 and my battery light keeps coming on even with a new battery. I tried jump starting the car before the new battery and once the cables where removed it would die; i just thought its cause the old battery was frozen up.
I know your comment is 2 months old, but I am trying to figure this out now. I have a 2000 Neon and a 2001 PT Cruiser. The PT had the battery light coming on after a few seconds of running. I took the alternator off and had it tested. It's bad. The Neon alternator looks the same, but from what I've found, the Neon one is an 85 amp alternator and the PT one is 120 amp. I'm not sure why the PT needs that many amps if the one on the Neon doesn't (It's basically the same motor). I know the PT has power windows & locks, but it's not like you constantly run the windows up and down.
I'm not sure what i liked more, all the detailed information on this procedure, or the fact it was taught by Ray Romano!!
I changed an alternator on mother-in-law neon yesterday. I followed your video step by step. Thanks for sharing!!!!!!! Great job!!!!
This is the best "Clear" video I've seen with good lighting and I've saved it to my Favorites. I'll be coming back to view later because I'm picking up an alternator tomorrow for my 2003 Neon SXT. Thank You for a great video on the neon, TH-cam is the best thing to ever happen to a "back yard" mechanic like myself.
My wife has a 2002, It's got 116000 on it and this is the 1st time I've had to do anything to it...Thanks for the video, saw some others but this one is the best I've seen
I've never had dirty hands in my life and I removed my broken alternator thanks to this guy today
wow, I'm not mechanically inclined and have no idea what I'm doing fixing things on my car but this video made it a lot easier to do. I think it's gteat that you gave the size to use as well as locations of the bolts to remove. My friend helping me was impressed that I didn't have to ask his help on this one. I'd recommend watching anything you put out for help. Thanks for your help for us backyard mechanics.
Thanks for a great video. Tried to do this with the car on ramps and couldn't get the darn thing out. Saw how it came out up on the jack with the axle out of the way, put it on a jack and out it came. Your video saved me a lot of aggravation (and curses)!
Thank you so much for taking the time to record this....made the job so easy. Keep the neon videos coming.
Thanks for the hints and good explanations. We used a serpentine belt wrench for the 15mm nut on the top left .
Thanks some much,top notch video and cut my work time by over half.
Was done in less than an hour thanks to you.
Great job,thanks Mike (Canada)
Richpin06a, gotta say man, these videos are freaking amazing. Am currently in the middle of replacing the head on my wifes neon and your videos have been a huge help
Thanks a million for this video. It was very helpful. Spot on the money. Haven't done one before, and my son in law and I did it last night following your video. It took us 4 hours, but a lot of that time was looking for told I needed, but mostly tools I sat down and couldn't remember where they were. lol The minor spot where you forgot to mention to take off the belt didn't effect us at all. The one hiccup I had was reinstalling the mounting bracket. I learned not to use an impact when reinstalling the bracket. I used the impact and the bolt head twisted right off. lessons learned. We dealt with that and pushed on. Also the continual mention of what size boltheads was extremely handy. I'm terrible with guessing the size wrench or socket I'll need, so that saved us untold amounts of time. Keep up the great work. I've subscribed to your channel, so I can continue learning with my mechanic endeavors. Thanks again, David
I have an 05 neon that has problems with the lights fluctuating and the rpms dropping almost like the engine is hesitating. This problem gets worse if you turn on the headlights, heater, defrost, stereo, etc.. The symptoms improve while revving the engine though. I have replaced the battery and cleaned the terminals could this be a bad alternator?
Great video, actually one of the best ones I've found for this operation. I just wish you would have recorded the installation process as well. Thank you for sharing
Installation is reverse of removal. Easy peasy
is this the same for a 05
This video saved my LIFE! Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this video. It would have taken me 5 times longer without the know how. Thank you!
Thanks this video helped a lot got the job done for a first timer on this car.. but at 5:30 the adjuster bolt doesnt need to be removed just adjusted to add slack or tighten the belt . Once the bracket at 6:50 is off you can just wiggle it off the bolt at the top of altenator that was at 5:30 it will fall right off.
Thanks, it was basically the same thing. I appreciate your video. It saved me some money.
I really like the quality and details in this video. Thanks a lot.
Very informative and helpful. Thank you!
Thank you so much. Went exactly as you depicted it. One question however is on the tension for the belt. I think I had overtighted it a touch and was getting a ticking sound (I witnessed new alternator being tested so I can rule out bad alternator) Ticking went away when I released a bit of tension. Just double checking that it would be a cause of the noise and not something else. Thank you again!
Yup apparently so :) I did release a bit and its been fine the last few runs. Thanks again.
This video was awesome! Thank you so much for posting it
Do you know why my daughters 2000 Neon with a 2.0 engine would have a single groove V-belt pulley? The belt goes around the large crank pulley as far as I can tell. The replacement alternator has a serpentine type pulley. Nobody at the parts store can find any info on the V- pulley. I hope I can swap the pulleys when I install the new alternator! Thanks for any light you may have on this question!
No doubt that is one of the tightest spots for a alternator i have found.
I just used this video to change mine on a 2003. Great video
Hey rich, wow! That negative terminal on the back of the alternator is tuff! I probably should not have loosened everything first while I struggled with it. I think I'll put the positive harness on first then slip up the Alternator to the top then do the Negative terminal underneath the harness.
Thanks for the help. My alternator turns freely and has always worked just fine. I believe the broken belt may be my only problem. Do I need to remove the serpentine belt to get the new belt on? Could you please give me a brief description of how to do this?
Thanks for pointing out the metric nut sizes as you went along. I read a few columns on changing the alternator on my daughters Neon, and NOBODY mentioned the whole job is done with metric tools! I was only able to look at the situation since I didn't bring any metric tools with me. On my way back to her place tomorrow with the right tools now! Can anyone shed light on why the old alternator has a single V- belt pulley, vs the wide serpentine pulley on the new alternator I bought for a 2000 2.0?
extremely helpful, thank you so much Rich. My alternator is overcharging and almost killed my brand new battery, off to replace it.
Great job. Saved me time knowing that it came out the bottom of the car......
Nice video. Saved me a lot of thinking my friend.
@Iam4armalitem15 Yes it is
Great help. Thank you for the video. loved the detail.
Hey rich this is the same alternator thats in my eclispe, it is much easier to remove the bracket and the alternator as one piece and slide the alternator out with the tires facing forward. Ive done these on many 420a Chrysler motors and they are much faster this way plus the alternator wont just fall down
AWESOME VIDEO....could'nt have done it without this.
Took me about 3 hours including back and forth to computer AND going to auto zone.
Did it with only the stock neon jack and some concrete blocks for added safety.
Very tight underneath but...I'm skinny........A bit claustrophobic.
Got friend to hold alternator instead of using dowel....easier.
Hardest part is tension bolt...I had to take it out to remove....hard to get back together.
Video pop up says you dont have to remove.
I have some wire showing on my back negative Terminal that's in the back, can I just use electrical tape to wrap up the exposed wire?
Great video! I have an 01 PT Cruiser and this Neon shares the same parts and engine layout. I'm hoping if and when i need to change my alt I can remove the bracket like you did, and not remove the driveaxle like the Haynes manual states.
rich i like that air tool u have it looks handy where can i get one like that
Don't see many compact cars with OHV engines, eh? In the 87 honda civic, they had the nerve to put the alternator right under the master brake cylinder. Very tight squeeze to loosen and almost impossible to pivot for belt tension.
The one drawback with every Neon owner I know...Chrysler/Dodge made absolutely no provisions for repair clearence on these damn cars...Everything in that engine compartment is cramped in there, thus making replacement of components such as the alternator or water pump a major chore...
If you have done a lot of them you tighten the belt by feel or use a special tool for this purpose.
Very detailed, excellent video!
my son has to have the rf lower pump remove on his dodge neon any videos on that and just hand tool can it be done thnaks
i think hes talking about the ground black wire, its right next to the electrical plug, its held in by that 10 mm bolt.
@Starsmuse It does sound like a week alternator.
I notice that when you pointed out the 3 15 mm bolts for the mounting bracket that you removed 2 of them by hand... obviously you loosened them before hand. But thats nothing, i noticed that you only showed the removal of those 2, the 3rd which is just a bit higher up from the 2 you removed by hand, is already missing by the time you started removing the 2 bolts by hand... how did you get that bolt out? Ive tried 2 different size socket wrenches with 4 different size extensions, deepwell and standard, and i cant anything in there from the bottom
Is this the same on a 2005??
Hello i enjoy your videos , will this work on a 2006 2.4 P.T. Cruiser
Could you please tell me if you know an easier way to remove and replace an alternator in a 98 dodge avenger 2.0. As far add i can troll its at the bottom.thanks in advance for taking the time. I'm only going you cab shed some light on my situation
I am with you 100%
OOOh boy. How tight should the belt be? and you removed the tire assembly to get the lower Through-bolt , right? Do you know , too if thier is a Tranny drain plug on the 2000?
I'd like to see a video on how to remove a alternator on a 2004 Dodge straits and any speciality tools needed for the job.
how did u get the upper bolt out by the crank pulley. i tried to get an impact in there but the wheel well is in the way..
Thanks! Very helpful for my gf's 2004 Dodge SX 2.0.
How about a 96 dodge neon? Can u do a video of that alternator removal?
what do you use for the small pipe extension? You make great videos!
@HU3CAP I almost forgot. Awesome tutorial! Gonna save me some money for sure
How much would your average shop charge to remove and reinstall an alternator? I'm looking into getting one, andthe amplifier will be 1200 rms so it would be a good idea to replace the alt with a high output alternater and I'm curious as to how much it may be?( apart from buying the highoutput alt)
Thanks! great video, helped tons
Thanks for helping us with our neons. So many views, is there that many still on the roads? 😮
sheilasho unfortunately... Yes. thinking about getting one for my son's first car.. it's like the "jitterbug" of all cars.
awesome tutorial, Thanks a million!
@rbgy That is what happen to this neon the alternator seized up and burned the belt off.
Thank you so much. Helped tons
How do you get the electric piece with the red lock to lock back when you put it back together. I can't get it to lock and so its connected but not secure.
same problem so sprayed with WD-40 and quickly snapped together
The neon is a bit of a challenge no doubt.
it's in your video , Rich. lol You don't see it. It's behind the alternator after you losened the 10mm. Unless because it's dark up near the exhaust heat shield it just looks black.
thanks bro..gonna try to work on it tomorrow.
Well made video! Thanks a lot!
excellent your explanation
@richpin06a Thats what i was thinking as well, thanks for the info and the helpful video
Amazingly helpful!
How do i make sure that the belt is tight when puttting the alternator back on.
Will this work for the 2000-2003 PT Cruisers? I have a limited non-turbo 01 and my battery light keeps coming on even with a new battery. I tried jump starting the car before the new battery and once the cables where removed it would die; i just thought its cause the old battery was frozen up.
I know your comment is 2 months old, but I am trying to figure this out now. I have a 2000 Neon and a 2001 PT Cruiser. The PT had the battery light coming on after a few seconds of running. I took the alternator off and had it tested. It's bad. The Neon alternator looks the same, but from what I've found, the Neon one is an 85 amp alternator and the PT one is 120 amp. I'm not sure why the PT needs that many amps if the one on the Neon doesn't (It's basically the same motor). I know the PT has power windows & locks, but it's not like you constantly run the windows up and down.
Great video!
Manual adjustment can be a little tricky.
Thank you for letting everyone know.
It is a tight fit for sure.
i apperciate your videos ive learned alot.. are you a mechanic?
ya, its right next to the main alternator connector, its just a ground wire, its not that complicated....
I used a wobble extension to get at that bolt.
@hhaivo It is the same part number so i would see yes
Penetrationg oil? Sounds kinky. Thanks for the video.
nice video.
Depends if it is a DOHC or SOHC engine.
turned mine every which way and still can’t get it out , hits the block and frame..help ! ! ! any suggestions?
Your my friend for life now....lol
@hp11208 It is the same part number so i will say yes.
Thankyou and I go to replace my alternator the dodge neon 2002.. I wish is easy like you didn 👍
Got mine in there, lifetime warranty!
The one that is right next to the shock tower.
Yeah, cause finally mine went! right on time for Labor day weekend! IF I win the lottery Rich , I'll keep ya in mind.
Thank you
Gracias
Nice thanks brother .....
great vid thank you! when i opened the hood i jst thought oh my!
is 04 the same?..need help
LOL, I'm sure I suddenly would have all kinds of friends. At least finally my parents would recognize me!
Having trouble getting the three bolts off the bracket?
A girl?