RE: 505 STX. 87 -- Alternator quit and speedo

John Goodyear (jjg@optsys.com)
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:03:39 -0400

Rick, Francois, et al,
I still have the box and I will post the numbers later this week, but I
don't think it will help. If I remember correct there were a few possible
makes/models listed for my 88 with no way to distinguish between them
except physically looking at them. This was the reason it took so long to
get mine right. Each one had to be special ordered, checked, sent back,
and another one ordered and tried. You could try and talk the manager into
ordering them all at once and returning the wrong ones. I tried and he
wouldn't. Again Mine was for an 88 STX which might be different than an
87.

John

PS. The assistant manager told me if someone else called for parts for a
Peugeot she would just say that they weren't available because she has had
so many problems getting the right parts previously. This really pissed me
off. It also means you might have to be very persistent.

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From: Rick Matteis[SMTP:rick.matteis@arris-i.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 9:48 AM
To: John Goodyear
Subject: Re: 505 STX. 87 -- Alternator quit and speedo

John,

Please send me the part number for the 1987 V6 alternator from Pep Boys (if
you've got it). Mine will be going sooner or later. She has 160,000 miles
now. My experience with the Pep Boys guys is it works better if you give
them the part number, rather than having them search for it (especially for
Peugeot and the like).

Rick.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Goodyear <jjg@optsys.com>
To: 'peugeot@padui.org' <peugeot@padui.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 9:19 AM
Subject: RE: 505 STX. 87 -- Alternator quit and speedo

>Norgo,
>I was able to find an alternator for my 88 505 STX at pep boys for around
>$180 They were the cheapest I could find at the time and the only ones to
>offer a lifetime warranty. I had to go back twice before they got the
>part right, but they eventually got it. The manager took a couple of
bucks
>off for my trouble.
>John
>
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>From: norgo@casagrande.com[SMTP:norgo@casagrande.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 1:44 AM
>To: peugeot@padui.org
>Subject: 505 STX. 87 -- Alternator quit and speedo
>
>All,
>
>Appears that my alternator is shot. My Pug left me stranded today with a
>flat battery. (Stupid me for driving it four four days with the alternator
>warning light on, but I don't trust anything electrical on this car
>anymore,
>including the warning lights.) The battery charged up and tested o.k. Any
>recommendations on getting a quality replacement alternator at a
reasonable
>cost? Would I be better to get my existing one rebuilt or to buy another
>one off the shelf? The car has 111,000 miles.
>
>Also, am thinking of taking out my next to useless speedo (needle wavers
>like crazy) and getting it reconditioned at a speedo repair shop. Is this
>overkill? Or are the results worth it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Hugo, who at the rate his Peugeot is breaking down, will have rebuilt the
>entire frigging thing by the end of the year.
>
>
>