Guys,

My car had suffered a horrible "alternator death" yesterday and, after reading about Kwong Weng here, went to them for repairs. My alternator is too busted to be repaired and luckily, they have a "new" (I believe these are refurbished parts, made new) alternator in stock, so I had saved a bunch of money. Earlier on I went to another shop who had quoted RM 950+ for refurbished alternator, and RM 1400+ for a new, albeit not original part. Kwong Weng quoted me RM 400++ all in.

It is true that these guys are experienced people, and so far seems honest to me. A big thanks to the TS who started this thread, otherwise we would not have known of these fellas.

After speaking to the nice aunty, she mentioned that they are also doing air con compressor repairs and power windows mechanism repairs.

Also, by next year they would be shifting to Kepong, due to the MRT taking over their current site. Their new address is as follows:

KWONG WENG ELECTRICAL TRADING CO.
65, JALAN METRO PERDANA TIMUR 7
KEPONG ENTREPRENEURS PARK
7th MILE, JALAN KEPONG
52100 KL

HP 012 2913346.

Nope, am driving a Chevrolet instead. The original alternator is made by Delphi. But some GM marques uses Valeo too..especially Vauxhall and Opel.

I would suggest you to visit them and ask them whether they could accommodate your request. Or just call them up beforehand.

What I heard from hearsay is that the local distributors of jap cars had jacked up the prices of the original prices. Had never owned a jap car before so don't have any personal experiences.

Repaired it last time, a lot better then recond alternator and cheaper..
New ori at rm3k, recond rm300, repair rm160.. so suite urself

Good day guys.
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i get myself repair at kwong weng shop for alternator at RM 260 only.

i just went this old shop and get my ori vios alternator repaired but didn't change the bearing because still in good condition with total damage RM170. The husband and wife very friendly and there will shift to new shop for the attached photo. Thanks

Just kaotim less than 200 for recond

Almost the entire alternator needs fixing:
Rotor
IC
regulator
Coil
What carbon brush? (Totally gone lol)

Still at jalan ipoh old place 3rd July 2017. Will move in 2-3 months time to kepong.
Repairing my alternator now.

updated: my car battery & alternator was totally drain before my car towed to the shop. after repairing the alternator, i was driving with the 'check engine' lights on. after a day drive. the 'check engine' light go off. pheww scare the shit out of me.

i'm[attachmentid=8937102] happy for the professional workmanship.

theres an even easier way..... the old school way.

get the car started, then cabut the battery (take the -ve terminal off)..... if the car dies, your alternator aint working or is supplying insufficient power. If it keeps running, its usually alright (do check with a voltmeter to double check, you should be pushing somewhere 13 and up volts)

just incase if u cabut and ter-touch some other body part of the car... remember the entire car is basically a negative terminal

k there are some 'interesting' things that can happen if wiring is an issue, just something i experienced

Start car, cold, 14.1v flat, no issues. Drive around for 10 mins voltage suddenly starts to fluctuate to around 10-12.... it goes utterly nuts 'sometimes' so i assumed my alternator died... i lived with this for like a whole month (i had an electric charger so i was relying on that while figuring it out)
As a last and final test resort i pulled the battery when it started to mess with me, i mean nothing to lose right? cabut battery, car remained on, head lights didnt waiver at all... this was very peculiar. Voltage bouncing anywhere from 7 one min then rising back to 14v after... So yeah probably regulator?
So the last test i did was to pull the voltages directly from the alternator itself, a direct source line, once with both ends, once positive once then negative, in the end, it turns out, one bolt was abit greasy and kept getting loose (its got to be suuuper tight)

went there few days ago... good service...

but my advise is better go to your mechanic first, take out the alternator then bring it to the shop...

in my case... repair alternator just take less than 15min... the process to take it out takes almost 2hrs ( depend how complicated the placement of alternator in your car )
ps : sorry dunno how to rotate the photo 😅

Drop by this place because not sure which part of my car is making random aeroplane  noise, they removed alternator from my car spin it,  told me bearing is good therefore its not the culprit probably Ac compressor, then they removed the back plastic cap, show me carbon is worn, OK change it then air blow the whole alternator, pasang back then start car, done, I asked for bill my expectation is more than 50 less than 100 cos carbon only cost a few bucks to my surprise the uncle charged me 120, 10min job, don't require dismantle whole alternator+ few dollar parts for 120 🤔

If you are not willing enough to pay people to do it, why not do it yourself

But ppl complain too expensive wor for a 10 minute job.

So are you one of those people who pay nuts for good labour?

Where to get this tester? can buy from any hardware shop?

this one only for battery or can be use for alternator as well?