Well Lets See To Start With My Hubby Is Deployed In Iraq And I Am Left Alone To Replace The Alternator On Our '03 G35 Sedan And Well I Know What An Alternator Looks Like And What It Does And Well Thats As Far As My Knowledge Goes On Cars, I Know How They Run And What Things In Them Do But No Actually Knowledge Of How To Replace And Or Repair Them. Normally This Wouldnt Be A Problem Because Well I Would Have My Hubby Home Standing Over Me To Make Sure I Didnt Mess Up. Two Things I Need, A Service Manuel So That I Can Get The Belt Configuration Right For The Pulleyes, And Also So I Can Make Sure That What I Think Is The Alternator Actually Is The Alernator. I Also Need Instructions. In Theory I Know How To Replace This Alternator But In Theory Is A Little Differant From Actually Knowing How To Do It Because Well You Have Done It Before. If Some One Can Point Me In The Right Direction For Both Of These Things I Would Really Appreciate It.

 

I would take it to a shop and have them do the swap for you. Since you "have no idea how to replace" (or how to use caps for every word!) you could cause more damage than repair. Just get one from a vendor and have a shop take care of it for you.

 

+1... i wouldnt try it yourself without someone who is knowledgeable watching over you to let you know if you messed up.
-GP-

 

it's not rocket science, it's 6 bolts i beleive take alternator off put new one on and then take and bolt it down, put new belt on correctly over the pulleyes, and replace engine cover and done. besides to have it done will cost me like $600-800! yeah and the part is only $90! so i would rather do it myself!

 

You seem alot more confident in this post than in your original. If you're that confident, then by all means, go right ahead, its definitely not a hard project to tackle if you've done an alternator before.

Make 100% sure you remove the negative cable on the battery before you start ANY work on that alternator!
-GP-

 

+1

Wow, in no time you know a lot more than what it looks like and what it does!
At this rate you will have it on it 15 minutes...

 

i know how to replace it in THEORY but never actually done one. so yeah, i was hoping some one could point me in the direction of a SERVICE MANUAL or INSTRUCTIONS?

 

I can fax you over the service manual pages...

PM me a fax number...

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^
+1 on helping out out a military wife even though she's caps locking you guys to death

 

Here you go. 2003 Sedan FSM.

http://phatg20.info/index.php?option...fileinfo&id=32

 

Have you receive a quote? $600 even at the dealers labor rate would put it at a 5hrs jobs @ $100/hr, minus 1-2hrs of BS inflation they like to tag on, still put it to roughly 3-4 hrs job. Replacement taking more than 2hrs tends to fall into the intermediate skillset IMO. I don't know how handy your are, but just realistically plan the project (a pro with proper tools estimating 3-4hr will equates to you taking x hrs to complete).

 

I hear you - even I feel the same way. Sometimes it looks and seems easy but we still want the manual nearby as a precautionary measure

 

it is a piece of cake do it from under neath pull the shroud, un hook the negative bat cable in you should be done in 30hr.

 

I hope you meant minutes.

 

LOL that is a long time!