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Nick W

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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #15 on: 28 June 2016, 15:43:26 »

Indeed Nick.  :)

Me, now, I have replaced most of my doors, it's literally insane to spend time grinding out rust, welding new in filler, and a repsray, when a new door can be had for £25 or less, and swapped over in a lunchtime(ish) fast forward a few years and someone with a FC Victor would be faced with no other option than the very costly former.



You're right about older cars, used doors are rarely any good even if you can find them.
I've done several doors, and consider them to be one of the easier repairs.


With the steel, filler and primer, this 1972 Avenger door was an afternoon's work and cost about £10:












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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #16 on: 28 June 2016, 15:43:41 »

There you go, one stator (taken last week by my good self)#



And if anybody can spot the deliberate mistake......
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« Reply #17 on: 28 June 2016, 16:35:36 »

And if anybody can spot the deliberate mistake......

Someone left the manual inside?
The wires are the wrong colour pink?
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #18 on: 28 June 2016, 16:48:21 »

And if anybody can spot the deliberate mistake......

Someone left the manual inside?
The wires are the wrong colour pink?


 ;D ;D  That's the insulation  ::) ;D

Just make sure they keep the pikeys out of there
I believe copper prices are on the up  ;D
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #19 on: 28 June 2016, 18:49:23 »

And if anybody can spot the deliberate mistake......
Hard hat & hi-viz ??  ::)
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #20 on: 28 June 2016, 19:45:38 »

That's amazing how they get summat that size under the Omega bonnet and still not have it looking out of place :D :D :D
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #21 on: 28 June 2016, 22:58:19 »

Ought to keep the battery topped up OK through the winter. ;D
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #22 on: 29 June 2016, 08:16:23 »

So that's the stator motor then and I thought this thread was about the alternator :)
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #23 on: 29 June 2016, 16:34:41 »

So that's the stator motor then and I thought this thread was about the alternator :)

So close, it is actually a motor stator and not an alternator stator......
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #24 on: 30 June 2016, 00:43:58 »

How do you get it under the bonnet, remove the SAI system?
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Re: Alternator service life
« Reply #25 on: 01 July 2016, 20:16:41 »

Thanks for your help. Regulator replaced and all is now well. a visual check and a bit of measuring confirmed that the brushes had worn and were no longer in contact with the shaft. A small point to note, for those of us with Bosch alternators, there are 2 different regulators not determined by engine size or alternator output. To ensure you get the correct one you have to quote the Bosch code on the regulator.
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« Reply #26 on: 01 July 2016, 23:31:19 »

Thanks did not know that, had mine off during HG change and gave it a service in remarkably good nick for 18yo
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