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alternator wet
extreme90:
grin and bear it just spray it with wd40 before you go for a dip
be coursious of what you go into water wise, if its nice clean wter than no probs at all
i wont go in sandy or muddy water unless i have to or im on a competition cos that what does the damage
also wash of thouroghly after a dunking doesnt matter bowt getting drenched just ge the crap out of it
dan
Eeyore:
Some good clues and hints to stopping the alternator getting quite so wet can be found in this sister thread:
http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=34584
Although the alternator can be veiwed as a weak link, there are a few tricks that can be played to mkae life easier for them. As RRB has said, it's full of holes, but not without good reason. Crank case gases bleed into the alternator body via the drive shaft arrangement and the vacuum advance has it's requirements too.
HTH
cheers
8)
Eeyore
Xtremeteam:
got an alternator for my 90 today as the one on it was only charging 13.2, £35 i paid for an exchange :lol:
joker777:
If you think the alternators are the week link on a defender you want to try off roading a 2.5 pajero, i went through 3 on mine with the final one starting to wine just as i sold it but i know a couple of folks that have gone through 7 or more in a couple of years :shock:
it seems that once the OE mitsubishi one gives up the ghost then you can expect to be changing them on a regular basis.
land-def-90:
i remember reading about camel trophy land rovers having a big problem with having to replace alternators on a very regular basis only one team had no problems (austrailian) there secret was to pour clean water over alternator after wading
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