# Alternator switch **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford, taurus\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator-switch/68325 "2011-09-30T21:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daddysurchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@daddysurchin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/daddysurchin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator-switch/68325/1 "2011-09-30T21:53:27Z")
can I put the alternator from a 96 ford taurus in to a 97 ford taurus? Are any parts interchangeable on different ford taurus’s? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator-switch/68325/2 "2011-09-30T22:12:41Z")
You might check [rockauto.com](http://rockauto.com), see if the same part is listed for both. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator-switch/68325/3 "2011-09-30T22:21:34Z")
Most salvage yards have the ability to check on parts interchangeability between models… ---
**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator-switch/68325/4 "2011-09-30T23:44:19Z")
You can also use [autozone.com](http://autozone.com), or the O’Reillys on-line site. Get the part numbers for both years, and see if they’re the same. You don’t have to leave your chair for that. 🙂