Ok so how do you kill an alternator and make it seem like it died due to normal causes.

The reason I ask is because I just bought a Toyota to gm alt bracket and the alternator I have right now is from kragen with a lifetime warranty and I plan on just trading in my alt for the gm one and paying the diff. And I can't swap it in until it goes bad.

So far I thought of putting mud or antifreeze in the alternator. Anymore ideas?

 

bend the pully

 

run the engie till it get warmed up then turn it off and run water and soap with it that what happened to my toy alt n went bad

 

Wont bending the pulley seem like I did it on purpose?

I think ill try the soapy water too

 

Lets just say I know that Anti-freeze wont do anything.

 

BFH! :rofl:

 

^nope already tried that they literally said it has to go bad before we can swap it. Imma try another kragen and see if I can talk to the manager. I want to kill it because it has a lifetime waranty it wont cost me a dime.

 

take out your battery, find a dead dead dead battery, put it in your truck, jump your truck then let it idle...can damage a cheapo alt since its going full field, that or take it to a shop with a vat40 or an device that can load up the alt and have them smoke it

edit: or you can try dropping metal shavings into the alt and running it, i bet that would kill it too...i donno worth a shot.

 

Hmm I like the vat40 idea but I don't know who even uses them anymore. I think what im gonna do is pour random fluids in it till it dies and if that doesn't work than I may take it apart and cut some wiring??

 

um... yeah I personally wouldnt do what you trying to do and I wouldnt do a warranty claim on it if you brought it in and could tell you filled it with junk to kill it.. might as well bend the pulley or throw it out the window going down the road.... A gm alt aint that much dude.... I just kinda feel doing that kinda stuff is wrong and would come back to haunt me but I guess thats just me

 

Yeah I know I totally agree with you but still its money out of my pocket. And besides like I said I already asked them if I can just trade it in even though its working fine and they said no. So that leaves me with minimal options.

 

start your truck and unhook your battery and let it run off the altinator, drive it up and down your street, the altinator isent made to hold up th that kinde of load it wont be fast but it will burn it up.

 

^ I like that one I just hope it doesn't die on me at a bad time

 

just stay close to home, (pushing distance) lol

 

Lol. Just buy the GM alt and sell the stock one. Or keep it as a spare incase the GM takes a dookie on u. That way u aint left walking

 

not that i condone it either but i would set it in some saltwater for a while to build up some good corrosion or figure out a way to burn out the diode inside.

 

I know it seems shady but i tried doing it the right way and theyre not allowing me. besides the alternator has literally died on me 6 times before and this last one has been working fine for a long time. besides its a refurbished alternator not new.

 

reason i want the bigger one is cuz im swapping out the crank pulley to lcengineerings single groove underdrive pulley and i know my stock alternator wont put out any power at idle, so i need to upgrade.