cs 144 alternator
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Melting Slicks
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cs 144 alternator
I am starting the search for a replacement alternator. What vehicles have the cs 144? I want to upgrade to this so later this year I can upgrade the cooling fans and also the stereo. What other vehicles should I be searching for????
TIA,
Sully
TIA,
Sully
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Are you looking for new or used? I have seen some good prices on new ones on Ebay. Is this going in a serp belt system or stock V-belt brackets and pulleys?
'94-'97 LT1 F-bodies
'96-'00 Yukon / Tahoe
'93-'96 Impala / Caprice
'93-'96 Corvette
...and various other Cadillac, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick cars.
If I remember right the Corvette CS144 case has the correct 12 & 6 clocking that's easiest to adapt to the V-belt brackets.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/200-A...QQcmdZViewItem
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Look at the powermaster site as well. Anybody had any luck with these good or bad? Just curious as I am about to to put in the Mark VIII fan setup myself.
http://www.powermastermotorsports.com/gm.html
http://www.powermastermotorsports.com/gm.html
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Batman has a CS144 he got from a salvage yard for almost nothing. He originally had it set up with his V-belt system and now has it rigged up with his serpentine system.
I'm sure a few other guys have done it, just do a search for CS144 and you'll see lots of threads.
I'm sure a few other guys have done it, just do a search for CS144 and you'll see lots of threads.
Racer
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Look at the powermaster site as well. Anybody had any luck with these good or bad? Just curious as I am about to to put in the Mark VIII fan setup myself.
http://www.powermastermotorsports.com/gm.html
http://www.powermastermotorsports.com/gm.html
Racer
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I got a new CS144 from napa, bought it for a '95 impala (something like $220), fit my mounts in my '77 fine, though I had to get a v-belt pulley put on (they did that at Napa for free) and a slightly longer v-belt. Also a little bit of wiring modifications so it would charge properly, but nothing too complex.
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St. Jude Donor '08
I bought a brand new beefed up CS144 from a seller called qualitypower1 from ebay, I paid $150 for it and it came already with a V belt pully and 6,12 o'clock ears and also the casing is rotated to minimize clearance problems. I paid $5 or so xtra for the pigtail adapter. The seller was a real nice person when I was talking to him off the phone, and he is a real helpful when I asked him about technical things.
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Melting Slicks
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ok here it goes
so went back to autozone.... traded in my old alt on a refund.... yes I bought it just a few months ago and the other day was the first time it was installed and nothing was comming out of it... no power... they verified that it was bad... then said that they had been havinng a lot of them returned ( the rebuild or remanufactured ones ) lately. Said they were just bad fromm the start. So I got a new CS 144 style one for a 93-96 impala SS.... tried the vette one first but they didn't have it in the store so I remembered the ones the Durango Boy mentioned and got this one... Brand new Duralast gold.... give me about 10 mins and I should have it in... well plus one beer... b/c it is hot and humid here in NW Arkansas....
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so went back to autozone.... traded in my old alt on a refund.... yes I bought it just a few months ago and the other day was the first time it was installed and nothing was comming out of it... no power... they verified that it was bad... then said that they had been havinng a lot of them returned ( the rebuild or remanufactured ones ) lately. Said they were just bad fromm the start. So I got a new CS 144 style one for a 93-96 impala SS.... tried the vette one first but they didn't have it in the store so I remembered the ones the Durango Boy mentioned and got this one... Brand new Duralast gold.... give me about 10 mins and I should have it in... well plus one beer... b/c it is hot and humid here in NW Arkansas....
Sully
Sully
Sully - That Impala CS144 will work just fine but it may have the wrong clocking for the brackets. If you don't already know how I can walk you through how to take out the screws and loosen the case enough to rotate it around so you have 12 & 6 clocking with the mounting tabs.
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Melting Slicks
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she's on
ok got her started and the alt is pumping out 14.3 and there's 13.6 at the battery.... looks good and sounds good but the ammeter still isn't working... gotta be fried... gonna mess with it now...
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St. Jude Donor '07
Batman has a CS144 he got from a salvage yard for almost nothing. He originally had it set up with his V-belt system and now has it rigged up with his serpentine system.
I'm sure a few other guys have done it, just do a search for CS144 and you'll see lots of threads.
I'm sure a few other guys have done it, just do a search for CS144 and you'll see lots of threads.
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Mine came out of a Cadillac Fleetwood - I just looked around for one with 12/6 clocking and the correct wiring. Including the core charge, I think the pick-n-pull charged me less than $20, and it works fine. To mount it on the narrower-clocked CS130 mount on the serpentine bracket, I bought a 12si adapter bracket from a police Caprice and ground a notch into the CS144 case. (The bracket tip I found at the thirdgen F-body site).
When are you going to post a pic of that? I'm interested in seeing that setup.
Melting Slicks
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Look at the powermaster site as well. Anybody had any luck with these good or bad? Just curious as I am about to to put in the Mark VIII fan setup myself.
http://www.powermastermotorsports.com/gm.html
http://www.powermastermotorsports.com/gm.html
2 years on a Chrome 140 - been 100% reliable.
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Melting Slicks
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sorry guys
there's a pic in my other thread of me wrecking my car yesterday, car hydroplaned and crashed into a parked car.... Alternator was easy install and was working great! D-boy and Hamad... thank you for your help!
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St. Jude Donor '07
This site has pics of the bracket: http://sethirdgen.org/cs144.htm
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I think it's visible in my serpentine pic, but I'll get a close-up of the assembly tonight.
This site has pics of the bracket: http://sethirdgen.org/cs144.htm
This site has pics of the bracket: http://sethirdgen.org/cs144.htm
That's not too far off from stock you know and you may have been able to avoid even using that extra bracket by clocking the case.
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St. Jude Donor '07
The case is way too big to fit into the CS130 bracket, no matter what - and both ears are on the same side of the case, so there is no way to change the clocking. The bracket was about $40 on eBay - cheap fix.
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the 93-96 impala one bolted right in... no bracket changes and no clocking needed.... all i had to get was the little plug adapter from ecklers for a SI to CS. It is easy and a huge improvement...
Sully
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