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I WOULD CHARGE AT LEAST 200 DOLLARS FOR LABOR. AND A LOT OF SUFFERING.

Thanks picked up one of these from the junkyard and was looking up how it sounded.

meu Deus... pq a Ford dificulta tanto???

My car has the 2.0 Duratec engine. Any easier or my difficult ?

I think I heard this song on another video, although an alternator was not involved...

And that's why Focus Central went out of business

This just shows how much Ford sucks

Good lord dude Just get it out from the bottom.

How many people does it take to change N alternator ?? My god. Also, you must have a lot of time on your hands...any small piece of automotive mechanic skills and you would surely realize you just went around your elbow to get to your a$$

Yes. Steel shims are a must.

Wow, alternator replacement in just 5 minutes that's really good 🤔

My 2001 was a pain in the arse even broke an expensive fuel pressure regulator sensor that cost 151.00 at Auto Zone..I should of disconnected it..dumbass of me😠

lol proof the gloves dont make the mechanic nice gloves horrid way to change the alt. 4 bolts alt is out threw the bottom 3 alt bolts 1 eng mount bolt slide the motor down alt falls right out. 15 minutes, hope someone didnt pay for this.

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just bought an 02 focus and as soon as I got it home alternator died lol. I gotta do this tomorrow.

Ford has always made it difficult to remove and or replace parts on their cars. Reason they have always carried the stigma POS ford.

where did you get the parts

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are you sure you're not missing a steel shim

I will have installed an OBX header 4-1, a full cat back, and a proper tune in a 09 focus, will there will some significant performance?

thanks !

02 svt alt this weekend. Yikes

Much easier to do this from the bottom dont take no time. I think i done this with my eyes closed.

This could almost be compared to a Doctor delivering a baby. 4guys??? Really? Ford Motor Co. What the hell were you guys thinking with design? This model has been very mechanically reliable vehicle, but a P.I.T.A to work on when maintenance is required. I felt like I was working a Rubik's Cube!

jezz after watching this i think i'll just buy another car.

Air tools? Wow..

Really !!!????

Are you kidding me? It took me 1 hour to replace the alternator on this car. JK The design on this car is a biatch. I just did a half shaft, starter and alternator on a 03 Ford Focus 2.0L SVT took me like 7 hrs - never again. haha

Just paid $600 to get this done after firestone. Took them five hours.

Made a meal out of that

Just changed one today in a parking lot for a friend. Through the bottom, took out the back motor mount bolt for extra clearance and used a ratchet strap to keep the motor tilted the way I wanted it. Came out nicely, but agreed stupid setup.

Is this the street exhaust or the race exhaust?

This is by far the worst design. I hate it. For me the clearance of the bolt holes on the alternator is way too tight for the bracket(?). what's the purpose of that? Either make the bracket smaller by a c-hair or the mounting tabs. Very infuriating.

I just replaced one of these solo through the bottom, amazed you were able to get it out through the top. It's funny how the time lapse seems to smooth out the obvious aggravation you must have been going through.

i would like to strangle the designers of any car that is like this , i think they make it so hard that the average person looks at what has to be done and thinks this is to much and that way they make money at the dealer ext

Just did one of these didn't disconnect anything but the alternator. It pretty much fell out the bottom by the sub frame and axle. the new one fit right in from under the car with zero effort so if your going to do this see if you can slip it out from under the car.

I've replaced mine twice in 2 years. All Ford will sell you is OEM rebuilts. Both times the VRM's failed. The second time I dropped it out through the bottom (required removal of oil filter, but was changing oil anyway, and some wedging around the heater core hoses) but the advantage was I didn't have to rock the engine around to wedge it through the top. Either way its a bad location for a part that eventually fails on everybody. I've replaced all my accessories and by far the A/C compressor is the easiest, while the P/S pump is equally as hard as the alternator because of the location of the bolts.

If you think thats bad check out how to remove the starter. Without a lift your working totally blind.

thats what i ended up doing. did the work in my garage. Got it done. car is fine now and I didn't waste my money taking it to a shop

completely agree. I'm replacing my alternator on this same car. if you don't have a lift....its a real f*cking bitch. I've said the f word countless times already. i just got the new one in the car. Took way to long. taking a break cause I'm f*cking pissed off

it's easier to replace a BMW alternator.

Nice driving man

so damn long is have only 1way to out ALT

What did the setup cost?

no offense, but I think you did it the hard way, no need to remove the engine mount nor the engine lift eye bracket. just disconnect the big wire brackets, and couple of small connections, and if you orient the alternator, so that its pulley faces up, and rotate it just so, that it will clear the plastic intake, the life bracket, the fuel line (no need to disconnect either), as long as you push the wires back towards the firewall, tricky but I replaced mine in about 2.5 hours. Cheers.

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I have an 02 svt focus I had issues with power so I had the alternator tested I later found the pig tail clip was broken I got a new one but I forgot what color wires go were any help plz the tree wires are blue red and gray

sounds a lot like mine lol. We have a lot of the same stuff you just have a lot more than I do right now lol check mine out on my channel

i changed one out last night.... i wanted to fucking kill someone by the time i got it done... it took me five hours

1 and a half hour hour job total, go from underneath its wAy easier