1.6 diesel altenator needed in Calgary today

[vixentd]

My son is trying to make it to Calgary on his way back from Toronto from to Calgary.

Anyone know where he could get an altenator in Calgary?  Anyone have a used one for sale or borrow and we will send it back on the greyhound once he gets to Vancouver?

Thanks

[zukgod1]

If he cant find an alt tell him to buy a new battery and don't use lights, radio heater ect.

These cars can go for a damn long time with no alternator.

[dillenger1]

Or he can keep getting jumps at gas stations.They will go forever without much power

[kane66]

unless he needs the alternator to drive the water pump (ie frozen alternator) just go without it. Sleep at rest stops at night. I drove around for a week without a alternator before the battery got so week it wouldn't start.

[mattbondy]

I have been regularly driving my Jetta for a few months without an alternator. The battery holds enough charge to go for about an hour or two with the headlights and radio on. It can go quite a bit longer if the headlights are not used.

[arb]

Same experiance - If he can find a place with hills to park at the top and sleep, he can roll start it w/ just G.P. and he'll get an enormous amount of time. I used the jump starts and no power for anything but IP for weeks in college. When he jumps it, he can have the jumper car wait a few minutes to charge the battery and he's have a day's worth of power for the IP fuel cut-off.

[Smokey Eddy]

Ditto. I drove without a battery (sort of similar) for many months. I parked on a hill and it started fine even without glow plugs so long as i had a big enough hill and didn't try starting it at 30km/hr in 1st gear. 3rd works wonders at about 40-50km/h