on the better late than never front....

I just posted a German language excerpt from repair manual that goes
into a lot more detail on alternators than the English language "B"
book does. Its on my blog, http://shufti.wordpress.com/.

Remember, this excerpt is for educational purposes only!

:)

alistair
'86 syncro 7  passenger
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
http://shufti.wordpress.com

On 6-Jan-10, at 12:06 AM, John Rodgers wrote:

I've been plagued by alternator problems and having three vans - and
being the frugal (read "tightwad") type that I am, I was doing the
swappy-swappy thing with them to keep my daily driver roadworthy.
Finally, the last  unit quit. I took it - a  Beck-Arnely - and had it
tested at Advance Auto. It was dead.  I thought "enough of this - buy a
replacement"! Well, the cheaper replacements for the Bosch alternators -
exchange - around here are priced about $125.00. Other places - even
with list vendors - it varies. I wanted a Beck-Arnley rebuilt because
they seemed to last a lot longer, but when I checked them out - exchange
they were $245. Ouch!!