Alternator Replacement – Rexhall Diesel
I have a 1997 Rexhall RollsAir Diesel (C6) with mid-entry. The alternator is failing and needs to be replaced. Spartan (chassis maker) has provided the correct replacement ID - 2824LC Leece Nevill...
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Had mine changed in a shop in Canada last summer. Mine was on a 2005 Fleetwood 39S Excursion with a C7, so it will be slightly different. Since they fit me in and we did it outside, I got to help, and parts of it was definatly a two person job.
Had to unload the closet of everything and take up the floorboards. I'd still like to shot the carpet installer that used the air stapler. It looked like it was done by someone who had never used an air stapler before. If five staples would do, then why not put in fifty - all you have to do is pull the trigger a few more times. Then there were four or five very large screw / bolts that held the floor board down. It takes a very large flat bladed screwdriver to remove them. There's a seal between the floor board the metal frame it rests on. Since it had never been removed since it was installed 7 - 8 years earlier, the cover was stuck to the framework. You hate to go prying on things when you're not sure of what your doing, but make sure you have all of the cover bolts out use some flat bars and screw drivers if your's is stuck.
The air cleaner had to be removed and part of the air tubing going to the turbo. There was something tricky about getting the top bolt out of the alternator if I remember right. It seems we had to remove something else to get the top bolt out due to it's length.
Since we were in there, we changed the belts. This takes two people to get the belt around all of the blades. I think it took a bit over three hours total.
Bill
Had to unload the closet of everything and take up the floorboards. I'd still like to shot the carpet installer that used the air stapler. It looked like it was done by someone who had never used an air stapler before. If five staples would do, then why not put in fifty - all you have to do is pull the trigger a few more times. Then there were four or five very large screw / bolts that held the floor board down. It takes a very large flat bladed screwdriver to remove them. There's a seal between the floor board the metal frame it rests on. Since it had never been removed since it was installed 7 - 8 years earlier, the cover was stuck to the framework. You hate to go prying on things when you're not sure of what your doing, but make sure you have all of the cover bolts out use some flat bars and screw drivers if your's is stuck.
The air cleaner had to be removed and part of the air tubing going to the turbo. There was something tricky about getting the top bolt out of the alternator if I remember right. It seems we had to remove something else to get the top bolt out due to it's length.
Since we were in there, we changed the belts. This takes two people to get the belt around all of the blades. I think it took a bit over three hours total.
Bill
