Conquest Alternator Kit Review

[Dan67]

how hard was it to remove the rad? and did you make a mess doing it? Trying to install the brush guard kit atm.. that is another pain.. had to remove the tow hook in the front for it to go on.

[plott hound]

rad comes out pretty easy.you have to remove bottom and top rad hose 4 bolts and its yours.rad has to come out before the shroud.once the rad is out the job can be seen in its entirety. managed to drain all the coolant into a small pail with no mess.i got the alternator bracketts on then stopped.i can only take so much touchy feely work before i freak out.lol

should be able to finish up tomorrow after work.hope this helps and good luck with your brush bar install dan.

how hard was it to remove the rad? and did you make a mess doing it? Trying to install the brush guard kit atm.. that is another pain.. had to remove the tow hook in the front for it to go on.

[plott hound]

oh gawd!this is a nasty job even with the rad out.should of pulled the engine for sure.wheres a train when you need to step out in front of one??????????lol

[plott hound]

ok so after sitting back and thinking this through the install is done.with the rad out the brackets and alternator go in pretty easy.the instructions tell you to remove all the bolts from the fly wheel shroud but only take out the bigger ones.after you have the kit installed and the wires routed out of harms way re-connect the brake blower hose.then pop the grommets back through the fan shround and rad bracket.this can be slid back in as one unit if you pull the rubber ducting out of the way.slide the rad/shroud assembly in slightly from the front so the bottom rad fitting clears the bracket.after i put the hoses back on,re-connected the battery and put the coolant back in,the machine started and idled without the red light blinking.showed a full charge on the gauge.hope this helps someone else and sorry for not posting pictures but they showed nothing anyhow.

[Rock Doctor]

oh gawd!this is a nasty job even with the rad out.should of pulled the engine for sure.wheres a train when you need to step out in front of one??????????lol

[thorn]

ok so after sitting back and thinking this through the install is done.with the rad out the brackets and alternator go in pretty easy.the instructions tell you to remove all the bolts from the fly wheel shroud but only take out the bigger ones.after you have the kit installed and the wires routed out of harms way re-connect the brake blower hose.then pop the grommets back through the fan shround and rad bracket.this can be slid back in as one unit if you pull the rubber ducting out of the way.slide the rad/shroud assembly in slightly from the front so the bottom rad fitting clears the bracket.after i put the hoses back on,re-connected the battery and put the coolant back in,the machine started and idled without the red light blinking.showed a full charge on the gauge.hope this helps someone else and sorry for not posting pictures but they showed nothing anyhow.

It will be well worth the trouble. I can't imagine my conquest w/o the alternator kit. I'm pretty sure it saved my butt (including my families butt) this winter when I had to do a long winch up and over a downed tree in the snow. On the one side of the machine was almost a shear drop off. The tree was at the "perfect" angle to force the machine to slide laterally towards the drop off as I tried to go over it. Moral of the story...winches good- alternator kit awesome!

[Jetlee]

I don't mean to hijack this thread but how difficult is the alternator kit install on an avenger?

[Dan67]

Started installing the conquest alt kit yesterday evening.. Spent 5 hours on it tonight.. all I can say is this has made me cuss and fuss in a few hours then I have all year and last year. I am stuck trying to get the top bolt that goes from the adjuster to the alt. ot everything else pretty much done.. Only really crappy thing is that I had to remove the front lower rad bracket. it will not fit back in with the alt bracket.. So I tossed it in the pile o' junk. I left the flywheel cover on.. no need to remove it. Once, er if... I get it finished I will never do this again.

[plott hound]

dont toss the bracket,you are in the wrong hole.i had the same trouble,had to take everything apart and re-do it.its much easier to pull the rad so you can see whats happening.even then its a real POS of a job.

good luck.

Started installing the conquest alt kit yesterday evening.. Spent 5 hours on it tonight.. all I can say is this has made me cuss and fuss in a few hours then I have all year and last year. I am stuck trying to get the top bolt that goes from the adjuster to the alt. ot everything else pretty much done.. Only really crappy thing is that I had to remove the front lower rad bracket. it will not fit back in with the alt bracket.. So I tossed it in the pile o' junk. I left the flywheel cover on.. no need to remove it. Once, er if... I get it finished I will never do this again.

[Rock Doctor]

Weak moment.
Don't ban me, I'll be good

Er, um, so, now that I've read the review, maybe I'll tackle that Alternator kit that's sitting on the shelf in my shop too.

RD

[Rock Doctor]

Weak moment.
Don't ban me, I'll be good

Er, um, so, now that I've read the review, maybe I'll tackle that Alternator kit that's sitting on the shelf in my shop too.

RD

Sense!!!!!

This post doesn't make any, now that the other posts have been deleted.

Um, that was just a test to see if Mike actually reads all giberish I throw out there.

RD


Someday I'm going to get sent to Banned Camp, but at least I'll know why.

Have a good one Mike :-)
At least I know you're reading this

[plott hound]

yupper somethings missing.lol still waiting to see how dan67 made out.hope he didnt step out in front of a train.it is a real challenge.

[Dan67]

yupper somethings missing.lol still waiting to see how dan67 made out.hope he didnt step out in front of a train.it is a real challenge.

I am still here.. No desire to step in front of a train.. Yet.. But if I do, the tracks are less then 100 yards away..

I got really busy and put it on hold for the weekend. Actually plan to tackle it some more after I get the kids supper. Something is not lined up correctly..

Does the alt top bracket bolt directly on the engine or does it mount on top of the lower front rad bracket where it is bolted to the motor? The picture is not very clear. I don't know if I mentioned this yet.. but my instructions came written in gibberish.. or was it french.. So I had to download a set in english.

[plott hound]

im sure the top bracket mounts to engine,you have to remove the little oil catcher under the oil filter.rad mount WILL NOT GO BACK ON unless you have the top bracket on correctly.i had bolts in the wrong holes.

I am still here.. No desire to step in front of a train.. Yet.. But if I do, the tracks are less then 100 yards away..

I got really busy and put it on hold for the weekend. Actually plan to tackle it some more after I get the kids supper. Something is not lined up correctly..

Does the alt top bracket bolt directly on the engine or does it mount on top of the lower front rad bracket where it is bolted to the motor? The picture is not very clear. I don't know if I mentioned this yet.. but my instructions came written in gibberish.. or was it french.. So I had to download a set in english.

[Dan67]

im sure the top bracket mounts to engine,you have to remove the little oil catcher under the oil filter.rad mount WILL NOT GO BACK ON unless you have the top bracket on correctly.i had bolts in the wrong holes.

Yup removed the oil catcher and tossed it in the "pile o' parts". I have the bottom bracket on, that was easy to do. I had the bolts in the correct holes. The rad bottom hose fitting is bent in a funny shape and makes getting the brackets on impossible. Will remove rad and try again.