Alternator Issue

Hi guys,
 
The auto electrician is waiting to use hoist next door to remove the alternator.  If he says it's cactus or it can be re-built am I better to get him to re-build or try & get one already re-built.  Obviously cost is a factor, but time plays a big part too as I don't have another car.
 
Thanks for your input. 
 
(remember.......... don't get all technical on me, I'll get confused, lol )
 
 

Just had call from Auto Elec.  The guys in the workshop next to him are going to put her up on the hoist & take the alternator out, but won't finish that until tomorrow morning & the Auto Elec won't have much time to have a look tomorrow due to doctor visit or something. :(  Hopefully when he does have a look it will be just bushes or regulator & not re-build. 
Won't be going far on the weekend.

chase_d
If you are not doing it yourself (I never did). I would strongly advise against rebuilding it.
Buy a new one and pay labour only once.
 
Last thing you would want is get one part of the alternator rebuilt, and six months down the track another component to fail and you would have to pay the labour to remove it all over again.

Yeah I was thinking that if he tells me it's cactus & needs a rebuild I'll try & find one that's already done.

Hi Shaz. 
the alternator for your car 89-91 part number (27060-74250) are N/A any more, the only one that is is the 11/92-99 alternator (my model) and part number is (27060-74430) and is only available out of Japan, and retails for 900$ 

So buying  a 'NEW' genuine one, wont really be an option, Road and track may have rebuilt ones sitting on the shelf, but i doubt they are 200$ 

you could try your luck with aftermarket, but in the little time ive been in spares for (6months at toyota) 
70% do not fit, or are different, or are just poor quality and **** themselves in a few years. and are still 2-400$ for something half decent, no wear near the quality of TOYOTA 

i would try road and track or get yours rebuilt pending the condition if its only a reg or brushes.

Or wreckers, but in newcastle BBT jap parts had one wreck in there whole life, and have sold the engine as complete. 

Best of luck

IMR22C
I'm half expecting a flaming from this but if time and cost is an issue, just buy a second hand unit from someone here.
 
Alternators are generally pretty durable. After all, the original has been going for over 20 years.

Thank you. 

No flaming from me............ I have no idea on cost of buying one already re-built verses re-building the one I have verses 2nd hand unit or if there are any good 2nd hand units available.
Will see what he says tomorrow after he's had a look at it. 
Altho if I'd known that it took a mechanic to take it out before the auto elec could look I'd have probably gone somewhere that could do both bits.   ah well.......... I keep learning.

aahhh ok ............... so not the sort of thing that would require a mechanic to be involved on any other car
 
Maybe Toyota could have said we'll give the alternator a check & clean up when they fixed the rocker cover & sump a couple of months ago while they had all the stuff off, seeing as how it had been covered in oil .......................... plus I had asked them to let me know if anything else needed to be done.....................
they could have told me about worn & cracked belts, the cracked engine mounts, the dirty gearbox oil, etc, etc, etc............. that could have been changed while they had all the stuff off.......................  as was picked up by the mechanic yesterday & today when he was taking all the stuff off to get at the alternator.  He has shown me all the stuff & even I can see that it needs replacing.
 
Baby is spending the weekend in a new hospital.
 
aahhh well living & leaning. 
I'm just thankful that it didn't happen while I was away for the weekend or on a nice long drive.
 
Is all good.  Tax refund all spent before I get it tho.  :(

Full marks to the workshop, and good that you've found a place to entrust your baby.  I agree, it wouldn't have taken a lot of effort on the part of the Toyota shop to give you a rundown, or even suggest a full check over.  Maybe they didn't want the work, or didn't feel capable of working on it.   

There's one on ebay now.  14 hours to go as at 5.30pm 5/7/2013