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[Nick W]

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:

[Marks DTM Calib]

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



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

[aaronjb]

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

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

[tigers_gonads]

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

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

    That's the insulation 

Just make sure they keep the pikeys out of there
I believe copper prices are on the up 

[dave-b]

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

Hard hat & hi-viz ?? 

[BazaJT]

That's amazing how they get summat that size under the Omega bonnet and still not have it looking out of place

[Kevin Wood]

Ought to keep the battery topped up OK through the winter.

[jimbo125]

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

[Marks DTM Calib]

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......

[jimbo125]

How do you get it under the bonnet, remove the SAI system?

[ajsphead]

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.

[jimbo125]

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