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== Alternator Fix ==
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=== Background ===
  
 
I have been reading with interest the problems people have had with their alternators, as mine had nearly given up the ghost - battery light started to flicker above 2500rpm and gradually getting worse... I even had it checked at a local motor factor Keulen (Boxmeer) and it was pumping out -13.5v. Later that day I was only getting -12.3v.
 
I have been reading with interest the problems people have had with their alternators, as mine had nearly given up the ghost - battery light started to flicker above 2500rpm and gradually getting worse... I even had it checked at a local motor factor Keulen (Boxmeer) and it was pumping out -13.5v. Later that day I was only getting -12.3v.
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Trying to get a new bush pack in Holland from the Ford garage is a joke - they just smiled at me and told me it was not available. I expect they wanted me to buy a new alternator. Also the normal companies such a Halfords didnt stock the bush pack. One of them pointed me toward a company that speacialises in Alternators and the like. Bingo! 17 Euros lighter and everyone is happy! But what I cant understand is from what I have read on the forum, everyone seems to be just replacing their alternators for 200-300 quid. I paid about £12.50 and got the same result! So do yourself a favour if you have a knackered alternator... find a company that sevices them, or maybe halfords in the UK will sell you a bush pack!
 
Trying to get a new bush pack in Holland from the Ford garage is a joke - they just smiled at me and told me it was not available. I expect they wanted me to buy a new alternator. Also the normal companies such a Halfords didnt stock the bush pack. One of them pointed me toward a company that speacialises in Alternators and the like. Bingo! 17 Euros lighter and everyone is happy! But what I cant understand is from what I have read on the forum, everyone seems to be just replacing their alternators for 200-300 quid. I paid about £12.50 and got the same result! So do yourself a favour if you have a knackered alternator... find a company that sevices them, or maybe halfords in the UK will sell you a bush pack!
  
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=== Method ===
  
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    * Buy a set of torque drives
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*Buy a set of torque drives
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    * Disconnect the battery
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*Disconnect the battery
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    * Remove the intercooler (on a TD)
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*Remove the intercooler (on a TD)
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    * Unclip the plug on the alternator
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*Unclip the plug on the alternator
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    * Undo the 4 outermost torque screws on the regulator housing
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*Undo the 4 outermost torque screws on the regulator housing
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    * Remove the bush pack from the housing, which is held in with 2 longer torque screws
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*Remove the bush pack from the housing, which is held in with 2 longer torque screws
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    * Replace with new bush pack, then above in reverse to get it all back togeather.  
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*Replace with new bush pack, then above in reverse to get it all back togeather.  
  
 
20 minutes work tops and you have saved yourself over 200 quid!
 
20 minutes work tops and you have saved yourself over 200 quid!
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Alternator Fix

Background

I have been reading with interest the problems people have had with their alternators, as mine had nearly given up the ghost - battery light started to flicker above 2500rpm and gradually getting worse... I even had it checked at a local motor factor Keulen (Boxmeer) and it was pumping out -13.5v. Later that day I was only getting -12.3v.

Trying to get a new bush pack in Holland from the Ford garage is a joke - they just smiled at me and told me it was not available. I expect they wanted me to buy a new alternator. Also the normal companies such a Halfords didnt stock the bush pack. One of them pointed me toward a company that speacialises in Alternators and the like. Bingo! 17 Euros lighter and everyone is happy! But what I cant understand is from what I have read on the forum, everyone seems to be just replacing their alternators for 200-300 quid. I paid about £12.50 and got the same result! So do yourself a favour if you have a knackered alternator... find a company that sevices them, or maybe halfords in the UK will sell you a bush pack!

Method

  • Buy a set of torque drives
  • Disconnect the battery
  • Remove the intercooler (on a TD)
  • Unclip the plug on the alternator
  • Undo the 4 outermost torque screws on the regulator housing
  • Remove the bush pack from the housing, which is held in with 2 longer torque screws
  • Replace with new bush pack, then above in reverse to get it all back togeather.

20 minutes work tops and you have saved yourself over 200 quid!

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