Easy! 13' Chrysler 200 3.6L V6 alternator removal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- sorry for the crappy video it was cold and raining it's about to snow but I couldn't find a better video this is how to remove the alternator by just removing the breather box and the fans and the top radiator hose without removing the AC line or going through the bottom and having to remove the compressor or any of that took me about 39 minutes to take out my tools get set up put up the canopy because it's raining and take it out only took me about 30 minutes to put it back together if you have the alternator there with you roughly takes about an hour and I don't have to recharge the air conditioning
I followed your protocol for the most part and replaced my first alternator in roughly 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
The only thing I did differently was I removed the front passenger tire / splash guard so I could access the serpentine belt/tensioner easier. For anyone who hasn't done this before I'd highly suggest you do the same. Its hard to visualize what you're doing from the top, especially when you're seeing it for the first time. Go buy a floor jack and some jack stands, they're only an extra $100 if you don't already have them and if you're doing the repair yourself you're saving way more than that.
One more thing that I'll mention is that the tensioner is actually a 1/2 drive I believe. In this video, it's a small square opening right above the bolt you see when he uses the serpentine belt tool. I personally bought a ratcheting serpentine wrench kit from Harbor Freight. It was a little extra than what you see him using in yhe video but it's worth it IMO. Also - REMOVE THE OIL DIP STICK. I snapped mine during this repair as it's in the way.
Anyway, all said and done, $240 for the alternator, $60 for the serpentine belt tool, $100 for a floor jack/jack stands, and $150 for a new battery. $550 all said and done, even with all the extras still paid less than a mechanic and have tools for the rest of my life.
All in all a great video. I've not done one if these as yet but got talked into it by a chick for a friend of hers. I'm a good mechanic but was already dreading the Chrysler front wheel drive adventure with the battery in front of the drivers wheel. ( Two door convertible ) I'm a little spoiled with the lifts and all and driveway stuff just ain't my bag any longer. Anyway, straight to the point video and appreciate you posting it. Not gonna be a big deal. Thank the good Lord! Doing this on too of a 60 hour job with all the talking heads in the driveway having their must be important opinions on how to do it. Drives me bananas. They buss tables. I make a 150k a year working on cars. I guess I just never know what I'm doing.
I followed your advice to the letter and it worked but getting that fan out and back in sucked. Everything else wasn't too bad. It took me 3 hours and more than half of it was fighting with the fan. Thank you for your help!
How did you end up getting the fans out? My 2014 200 its blocked by the top part
Getting that fucker out sucked to me don't forget the lower radiator house is clipped to the fan. I missed a cpl lol. Now just waiting for altenator 😂!
The one I'm working on wasn't 7mm bokts hokding the wire harnes. It was 1/4". 7mm was so loose, it didn't grab the bolts. I'm at the part where I need to take the radiator hose off now. Now I know the fan plugs have to pry the hook flap away to slide it open, when others have to squeeze down on the release to release them.
Thanks for taking the time to show it.
No problem 👍
Thanks for doing this video! Saved me alot of time!!!
This works! Plenty of room for alternator removal. But be careful removing the plastic cover above the fan. It is easy to get into the top of the radiator trying to remove the plastic push rivets. My tool to de-tension the belt did not work from the top. Had to get my wife involved, both at belt removal and installation, to position the belt over the alternator pully while I worked the tensioner from the wheel well underneath. Pretty easy both on and off, but it took two people there for me.
Yeah it is tricky with all that stuff in the way I used the serpentine belt tensioner and then took the pin out of the Middle so it will pivot and I was able to put my palm on the end of it and push it straight back towards the firewall pivots at the joint and works well but you have to be used to doing it I do it all the time I don't like getting on the ground and crawling around if I can help it since I work outside all the time I find ways to get around it usually it's also faster since I do mobile mechanics the faster I am the more money I make I put it back on in about 20 minutes or so I wasn't timing
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Thanks! Tried this on my sons 2011 3.6 Avenger, a bit tricky getting the fan out but was smooth sailing after that. 👍subscribed
How did you manage to get the fan out I have a 2011 3.6 avenger been trying for 2 days to get it out any tips?
@@lillianm1242 to be honest I don’t exactly remember. I do remember that there’s only a millimeter or 2 of clearance on both sides and it’s real easy to get in a bind if you don’t have it just right. Sorry couldn’t help more.
Do you remember if you took anything else off? It seems like it’s the ac line that’s in the way did you disconnect the electrical from the fan? Did you squeeze it over the frame part any more info would be helpful thanks for responding!
@@lillianm1242 so I did unplug the electrical wire harness to the fan, and unfastened it to get it out of the way. Didn’t have to mess with a/c line. Removed the air filter box like in the video.
Thx man. Was debating trying it this way or not. Mother in law got towed in today lol
Wow… thanks man. I have to replace the alternator to a 2011 Chrysler 200 convertible that was given to me two weeks ago with only 78,000 miles on it. It was great for two weeks and now the alternator is gone.
I usually don’t work on American cars so I am thinking about doing this method instead of messing with the AC condenser
What belt tensioning removal tool did you use?
I didn't put in the video cuz I forgot but when you're installing the fans on the left hand side the corner of the fan catches on that front frame piece of the car it makes it extremely difficult to get that front left clip on the fan housing back on the radiator it might be easier to release the passenger side of the radiator a little bit so you can lean it forward to snap the fans on I played hell with it for a couple minutes then I figured it out
I’ve been trying to follow your video but I can’t get the fan out.
@@Scxizzor it's really difficult you have to kind of slide it to the right rotate it and pull it up as you're coming out
@@BrianMitchell321 I was able to get it! 🙌 There were a few different methods and I chose yours and it worked great! Thank you!
How long did it take to replace the alternator on the 2013? Was it 1 to two hours?
I had it off and back on in about 45 minutes
@@BrianMitchell321 but was that from taking it off from the bottom near the wheel? I'm trying fix mine without having to pay 600 at a shop.
@@tyreseshantetyre no that's taking it off exactly like I showed in the video by removing the fans
@@tyreseshantetyre did you even watch the video
@@BrianMitchell321 yes half of it I'm at work trying watch it and work at the same time. But thankyou for the information.
How much radiator fluid did you lose? I un did the radiator hose and that stuff was just flowing out the radiator
Doesn't matter how much came out you just have to fill it back up
yo any know the sizes of the bolts and the tensioner
Nothing is easy about a chrystler 200. Really stupid designs... for crying out loud I gotto remove the damn tire just to get to the battery.... this is more work than any other car I've owned for a damn alternator
Yeah, the 200 is really a POS to work on. Just changing the headlights took me half a day; had to jack up the car, remove wheel well panels, & get in from behind. Couldn't wear gloves because no room for them, cut my hands a bunch but finally got them replaced. There's a reason the dealers charge $350 to change headlights, but they take the whole front end off apparently. Stupid, stupid design!
@@deniswauchope3788 really is.. sold it. It was so agitating to work on. And this is coming from someone who owns 3 bmws... I had to cut the front horizontal subframe for an alternator swap... piece of shit can't be removed without removing the ac compressor and losing on ur freon. I refused to do that. Ih yes... the dreaded headlights I seemed to have been replacing every 6 months... only had 130k miles on it and it was driving as if it was a 300k mile toyota
Taking off tire and unbolting the a.c compressor is so much easier. You can do it in under 15 min when removing a.c compressor
Are you in Texas? Mr. FixIt?
No sorry I'm in West Virginia
Any chance you are coming to eastern PA? I would give you 150 to do mine and another 100 to change the battery. I would get the parts.
No sorry I don't travel far anymore
It's not that hard you can do it
What brand is the serpentine belt tool please?
OEM brand but everybody makes them it's just called a Serpentine Belt Tool or you can borrow one as a rental tool from one of the stores and get your money back
Also I just done one of these the other day by taking off the air conditioner compressor it's just as easy the compressors only held on with three bolts and a plug and its wings out of the way
Thank you for the video, info, and quick replay. I'll be doing this in a parking lot on Tuesday lol
It can be done either way just as easy the top ways if you don't have a Jack the bottom if you do have a Jack just Jack it up take the wheel off then take off the bottom cover take the belt off take the plug off of the air conditioner compressor then take off the three air conditioner bolts then you can move it then take out the alternator easy peasy of course I work on cars every single day everything seems easy to me LOL
@@BrianMitchell321 just did the job last night. I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you Sir!
U did not need to remove the fan and harness If u remove the ac line and radiator hose you avoid all that work….downfall you’ll need to recharge your ac.
That's the point of NOT removing the AC line...
@@Reaper131977right! Lol who the hell wants to do that?!
I've been trying to get ahold of you since Tuesday
The bolts I'm seeing sure ain't 7mm, imperial bs
Great idea. You’re moving the camera around so fast it almost made me have to vomit, however.
Yea sorry was in a hurry
Wish you would have taken video of the hose and fan removal. But thanks for the video
Yeah sorry it's hard to record everything when you're the only one holding the camera
@@BrianMitchell321 I gotcha. Appreciate the effort.
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