Novastar would have been the icing to my cake... I have been searching on where they went because it was a company of 100-500 employees, It couldn't have just fallen of the face of the earth. The cheapest i have found one is 389 with 153 core.

The whole reason it went out was that the coolant was leaking out of the truck without me knowing and it ran dry for about 10 mins. Then all the sudden.... SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCHHHHHHH and it died. Tried to start it back up same story skreech and die. thought it was the water pump but i just got that off and realized the alt was water cooled and try to spin the pully and sure enough... It was really difficult to turn and was making a clanking noise inside the casing. I believe this was the problem so.. After i sell my Ford i will be able to spend ample amounts on to fixing this myself.

@QuickSliver I can Afford to fix it I just wanted to do it without spending the 500 for a new alt. I bought the 2001 4.4 with 100k miles for $5,000 So don't start Saying what i can and cannot afford, You have no idea who i am or what i do for a living. Your intolerance for people that you think are new to the community is not seen as a welcome but more like a grumpy old man telling you to get off his lawn.

Thank you to all that have posted. Great information before making the plunge into a new alt.