So the Jeep took a swim this weekend. In addition to ingesting some water - luckily no hydrolock - I lost the alternator.
Anyone had luck with bringing a submerged alternator back to life? I believe it got caked with muddy water. I poured a bunch of water on it to clean it and it *did* come back to life for a short while, but I feel it's dead.
First question - can they be cleaned?
Second ... I'm not sure what to do about a replacement. I imagine getting one in from Rock Auto will take a while. And if I get a replacement (new/reman) I will have to ship them the core. If I paid a bit more at Advance, I wouldn't have to ship it back to them. I have had extremely bad luck with electronic stuff (starters, specifically) from Napa so that is not an option at this point.
Or , should I attempt to run a junkyard alternator? If I were to go the junkyard alternator route, I could buy one from a Durango (136A, same connections) and see what needs to be done to get one of those to bolt into the Cherokee as it's a common swap.
What does BITOG think?
Anyone had luck with bringing a submerged alternator back to life? I believe it got caked with muddy water. I poured a bunch of water on it to clean it and it *did* come back to life for a short while, but I feel it's dead.
First question - can they be cleaned?
Second ... I'm not sure what to do about a replacement. I imagine getting one in from Rock Auto will take a while. And if I get a replacement (new/reman) I will have to ship them the core. If I paid a bit more at Advance, I wouldn't have to ship it back to them. I have had extremely bad luck with electronic stuff (starters, specifically) from Napa so that is not an option at this point.
Or , should I attempt to run a junkyard alternator? If I were to go the junkyard alternator route, I could buy one from a Durango (136A, same connections) and see what needs to be done to get one of those to bolt into the Cherokee as it's a common swap.
What does BITOG think?