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Subject:Re: Reliability of AutoZone (Duralast) alternators
From:Allan Streib
Date:Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:58:19 -0400

craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> I believe they're just rebuilt Bosch alternators.... I mean they're
> not building their own.

They are rebuilt, and I use that term loosely.  More like cleaned,
spray-painted, and perhaps tested.  Not unusual for them to fail
frequently, the lifetime warranty is the only reason they can sell them.

Allan
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