Alternator

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

righty anyoenm in the Glasgoiw area knwo where I can get replacement alternator brushbox's/rectifier packs/regulators?

I have tired a few places and all come back with not stocked em for at least 5 years pal which isn;t very helpful to me at all.

Or is there some alternator specialist on the forum that will tell me you can use a 60A brush pack on a 70A alt and it will be fine cos they are the same on the outside?

Forum Moderator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 1356

Yes, the 60amper will do it if it looks the same. And if it doesn't blame the cat

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

well updatey peopleypowqjdpqwf my new language.

Can't get one then I thought about it. The original alt had no trouble charging the battery it was only the diodes that had gone. So the rectifier pack was ok.

So I removed the alt off the car, broken positive terminal, took pics so I'll put em in my progress report. So hopefully thats the problem.

Whilst I had the 2 alt's off i swapped the regulators, the one thats on the car has the original valeo one and its brushes are pretty much gone. The other is a 3rd party replacement but plenty of brush length so its on the now.

I went to halfords to buy a new ring terminal but ended up havin g to get battery terminals its to dark to do any more work so it will wait until tomorrow, hopefully it will be charging itself again!