Dealer snapped off the lower bolt on the alternator trying to remove the old one. Tech said it must have been cross threaded by the previous mechanic. But to my knowledge this is a factory alternator. No aftermarket markings or history of alternator change . Service said they'd have to drill it out. I asked if it was on it's own bracket or the cast part of the engine. He said it's own bracket, I took his word and told him to drill it out and put a nut on the end. This is how they drilled it...
Called me back in and said there wouldn't be enough metal left to mount the alternator and they'd need to replace the entire bottom of the engine. Quoted me 3200 but would do timing belt, water pump and everything else while doing it. 21 hours of labor, basically an entire timing belt job and more..
Does this look like a professional drill out? Way off the bolt, you can see the original threads where the bolt is. Need some thoughts and opinions on how to handle this one. Paid 3.5k for the vehicle so there is no way in hell I'm paying that to have them fix their mistake.
Called me back in and said there wouldn't be enough metal left to mount the alternator and they'd need to replace the entire bottom of the engine. Quoted me 3200 but would do timing belt, water pump and everything else while doing it. 21 hours of labor, basically an entire timing belt job and more..
Does this look like a professional drill out? Way off the bolt, you can see the original threads where the bolt is. Need some thoughts and opinions on how to handle this one. Paid 3.5k for the vehicle so there is no way in hell I'm paying that to have them fix their mistake.
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