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brand new Bosch 130 amp alternator blew fuse and crapped out?


Eddo Rogue

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Dammit everything is chinesium these days....Even modern steel aint what it used to be....I got some vintage axes, and something about that old steel, it really sharpens up nice and holds an edge unlike even the higher quality axes out there nowadays. I have a stihl splitters, estwing camp axe, and gransfors hatchet, none as impressive as my vintage axe heads. I wont even look at big box store axes...Maybe Im a snob when it comes to axes, but Im no axehole.
 


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As a matter of fact, my ex was chinesium, I returned her.
 

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I get my alternators from the wrecking yard, I guess I just have good luck with them, last one for my 1994 Ranger was put in, must be 7 years ago, and still ticking, knock on wood, lol

I don't have anything against Chinese parts they are built to the spec of the company that ordered them, so if its cheap then it was built cheap

Most automakers parts are made outside of the US, but to their specs, and they can last
 

Eddo Rogue

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skyjacker front leveling kit
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Crossed threads are tight threads.
I get my alternators from the wrecking yard, I guess I just have good luck with them, last one for my 1994 Ranger was put in, must be 7 years ago, and still ticking, knock on wood, lol

I don't have anything against Chinese parts they are built to the spec of the company that ordered them, so if its cheap then it was built cheap

Most automakers parts are made outside of the US, but to their specs, and they can last
Hmm I am not far from a junkyard maybe perhaps I should try my luck....

And ya me either, I know there is quality chinese made stuff, but not here, because we dont want it....They just make and send what we ask them to, which is cheapest possible....its our demands they are simply supplying.

I just wish it wasn't so hard to find good quality/made in USA (or Japan or Germany or Italy etc) stuff...Like you cant just walk into a retail store and find shelves and racks of Snap On or Matco. Ill gladly pay a c note for a fine tooth ratchet that works great and never fails, than ten bucks for one that will be a struggle to work with, and probably break when I need it most. The coolest Knipex stuff I've seen was at an hvac supply store.

big box hardware stores carry all junk,the smaller ones will have better quality stuff of actual hardware, like say gate hinges. Mom and pop shops, or legit dealer stores will carry the good stuff, though the latter usually requires a commercial account of some sort.


Thankfully, good beer, liquor and guns is not hard to find.
 
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Eddo Rogue

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skyjacker front leveling kit
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31-10.50R15
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Crossed threads are tight threads.
PJ just made a post about this...Im ranting over there as we speak lol
 

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