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Mr Bump:
Had a play in the mud on Salisbury Plain this afternoon but finished the journey home on a flat bed.

AA chap was a good bloke and didn't seem to care that the 110 was covered from head to toe in a few layers of mud - off roader himself, in a Suzuki..

looks like the alternator is FUBAR

I'll apply the normal fixing teqnique of jetwash and WD40 tomorrow and check for any obvious loose wires.

Is replacing it a DIY option? Doesn't look too hard.

Where's a good place to get one from? A cursory glance at one of the comics suggests a new one is nearly £200!

Cheers
Andy

PS I had to ask the Patrol what would happen if I broke down on a Greenlane: he said he'd asked the question himself and the general answer was that if you could get another 4x4 to tow you to the edge of the tarmac then the AA would recover you. But if you were down the lane then a standard AA van couldn't get to you.  He recounted one story of the AA sending out a winch truck to recover someone who had broken down on a lane.

Dangermouse:
I got a exchange alternator from halfords for £ 50, just unbolt & bolt on as easy as it look's really  :)

speedfreak:
I got a new alternator for my 300tdi last week. Its a 75 amp jobbie and only took 10 mins to fit. (including changing the spade connectors to eyelets)...
Cost me £65 from my local motor factors....

Topple:
I bought a recon kit off ebay, for £19, came with the bearings, brushes regulator and rectifier.

much cheaper option.

Mr Bump:
Anyone done this job on a TD5?  :?

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