My friend just blew his 3rd alternator in his tx3 and is really pissed off. does anyone have any idea's of wat might be wrong? He is at the point of selling it and another laser for $1000 and i really dont want him to cause its a nice car. any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks guys

wats the problem tho ?? like is it blowin the altenator, not charging at all, ?? if its not charging and its the 3rd 1 it might just b the fuse blown, if it keeps blowin it up than the wires r wrong sumwhere, need bit more info on it tho 2 wats happenin

i think he said something bout the coils. he know's a little bit about cars so i doubt it'd be a fuse

is it a new 1 or second hand that he is gettin ?

he's tried 1 new one and 2 2nd hand ones, checked all fuses, battery and all the wires, cant find the problem.

seems its time to call in an auto electrician thats all I know

what kinda stuff is he running , like is he running a sound system , to most likely thing to burn out the coil's is that the current is flowing the wrong way, i think , been a while since i have had to look at this kinda problem

its sounds like the wires r wrong sumwhere or there 2 wires that have rubbed through...how long have they lasted when installed than drivin ??

not sure, i think the latest one lasted atleast a month, but im only guessing

a few ppl have told me this problem is common (shane for one) and all they did to fix it was put a V8 alternator in it, its my car now so im gonna put one in and hope it works, then next step is rego YAAYY!! XD

do some research before you do anything drastic, have you asked on any Laser forums?

no but its my last chance and ive heard from numourous people v8 alternator is the soloution if its not it'll probably get sold. But i will ask the ford laser forum anyway i was hoping that everyone on here would be smart enough for me to ask advise neway

yeah ive heard about the v8 alt solving it.

yer at the moment thats the only soloution ive heard, i cant post on ford laser, i forgot my password and the conformation codes are too hard to read and i "reached my password request limit" grrr haha ahwell only problem, to put a new alternator in means taking the exhaust out, so i have to drive 30-40 mins to my pops place so we can put the tx3 over his pit things ahwell, charge the 3 batteries up and go for a cruize XD

well i thought i solved this problem, well i did....until now was driving home last night and my lights went dim, then lost tacho, headunit flashing on and off, car started going jumpy then slowed down to 20kph i looked out my mirror and there was flames comming outta the cannon then finally got home and the inside of the cannon was red hot, got up thismorning, jumpstarted the car and it ran perfectly, went into repco and asked and brownie (ex mechanic) asked me to bring it in, and he looked at it, tested a few things and we worked out the alternators not charging my battery properly when my lights and stereo are on, so i gotta take it to another auto elec and pay lots of money has anyone got any ideas? i noticed there's an auto elec on here somewhere but i cant find him?

dude that sux plus sounds serious I remember seeing an auto elec on here too but cant remember for the life of me who it was it isnt in the thread in general discussion

yer, well im gonna try stitch's idea of tracing the wires and running temp ones to the battery, in the process now, looks like its been bodged up, just a s*#t load of brittle tape, im gonna go get a quote at the auto elec's today and mums friends husband is a mechanic so he told me to ring him tonight, hopefully i can get it sorted so i can bring it on a cruise and show u wat a real car is haha jks