Well, dealer said Thursday, maybe Friday before he got the alternator in, let alone has it installed. I was in the area so I dropped by today (it was good to see my baby LOL), and sure enough no alternator today and the same guy said "with any luck, tomorrow". <sigh> I can't believe it takes this friggin' long. You'd think they never had to change out an alternator before, and while the VX is rare, the 3.5L V6 Trooper one should work, and surely those are readily available, right? I'm starting to wonder if it is on a boat direct from Japan.
I'm expecting some grief when they finally get up under there and see the mud (thought I had it looking pretty good but saw it today dry and realized it STILL needs work) but for starters I will tell them if the v-reg were properly sealed it should have been a non-issue. Also having the window tracks looked at, but they said since that could be related to alternator failure they did not intend to do anything to them until the alternator goes in. I told them it was happening before that and would like this wrapped up as soon as possible, meaning I don't want to have to wait more for this after the alternator is in there and I want it done and back in my garage the day they get that part in. I don't care when they do the windows so long as it is fixed right and doesn't hold things up an extra day.
I have read all the posts about the windows binding and it sounds like just a little track lube may not fix this right. The guy at the dealership told me that should be all it needs despite my saying others have been down this regulators/lube route and it wasn't enough. So we'll see.
As a precaution I also noted the mileage when I was there today, since Scott reported his dealer put 60 miles on his VX. Wouldn't that beat all if they fixed it and then I had to wait while someone was joyriding?
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