cheapest alternator available ?

[hixsy]

wat sort of price am i looking for new one ? checked gsf but is there a cheaper place? thx

[CovKid]

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Should get your mind ticking over......

[hixsy]

whens it says late model golfs/passats, exactly what years are they talking about ?

[CovKid]

No idea but I used my own alternator shape as a guide when hunting for one on ebay - paid around £25 for a new one. Probably similar years but that alternator fitted to quite a few vehicles anyway. Good luck.

[Aidan]

just get yours rebuilt locally, my local alternator and starter refurber generally costs around £50-60 for a full refurb and he does a great job and knows the issues with these units (crap casing at rear allows bearing to spin) and how to fix that

[Red Westie]

Why are you changing it? has the red light started flickering or on permenantly? if so you might be able to get away with just replacing the regulator bush pack rather than the whole thing.
I used these guys...£9.70 posted!
Contact details for the regulator/bush pack supplier:
Vehicle Electrics (Birmingham Ltd) The aftermarket number for MY alternator (yours may be different) was VERG 1009 but they have a list to cross reference your particular aternator number against so you can order the correct item. Mine was £9.70 incl post.
CONTACT VEHICLE ELECTRICS, 166 STOCKFIELD ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 6AU. TEL : 0121 706 0688 EMAIL: VEHICLEELECTRICS@AOL.COM

Obviosly if you have failed bearings or completely worn out slip rings it will need a re-con
Martin

[hixsy]

bat warn light is kinda flickery when cold and pericoically comes on but not permanent, its also makes the lights flicker in me van which i wanna get sorted too, but im kinda getting me facts together for when/if it does go.

thx for the info, stockfield road is 2 mins from my house, so at least i know its close

[CovKid]

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That would fit - change pulley. All you're worried about is the bolt fixings buddy. Long as they're the same, you just change pulleys.

65amp £48 brand new - you can probably find cheaper if you look. The thing that bumps up price is often just the different pulleys. Sometimes electrical connections vary but terminals are clearly marked. On mine I had to cut off the electrical plug on van and change for a ring connector and spade but job didn't take more than 30 mins.

The golden fleece of the alternator world is the 90amp or 120amp I believe there may even be an 140amp but thats just overkill on a wedge. 90amp plenty and for most the 65amp wll be enough.

[hixsy]

ok me alternator finally decided not to charge the other day, red light on . . .

so i thought if i needed a new one i may aswell disassemble my current one just so i understood a little more wat was in it. took it apart, removed the voltage reg/brush pack cleaned it all out emery board the contacts, clean brushes get all the dust/grime out of there, cleaned all connectors to and from it. Guess wat, it now works like a dream, better than before, i now have no flickery lights, my amp noise is gone and ive got a constant 13.60 readout to both batteries, hell i can even see the voltage drop when i turn lights on/fan etc, before it was up and down like a yoyo. . .

just goes to show ya something aint dead til its buried man !!!!!

[Cafnod]

Nice one.
Its amazing what a bit of a fettle can do. glad you sorted it out.
Martins advice about reg/brush packs is good though. The company seem very reasonable pricewise you can tell if thats the problem usually by overcharging which your voltmeter will indicate.
Take care
Richard

[kevtherev]

Martins advice about reg/brush packs is good though. The company seem very reasonable pricewise

I can second that
My new regulator/rectifier/brush cost £7.50. from the same fellas

[Ian Hulley]

Martins advice about reg/brush packs is good though. The company seem very reasonable pricewise

I can second that
My new regulator/rectifier/brush cost £7.50. from the same fellas

Buy one and put it in the glovebox, you'll need it sooner or laterer.

[hixsy]

yup i will eventually go to that place and buy them brushes, i see it every day on the way to work lol. . .

[Ian Hulley]

yup i will eventually go to that place and buy them brushes, i see it every day on the way to work lol. . .

Do it before you're walking there

Ian

[ghost123uk]

That mention of changing pulley's ....

A couple of years ago, my alternator failed all of a sudden in Yorkshire.

A local, rather scruffy parts place said they could get one later that day but the pulley would be wrong, just swap them over.

My old pulley was a swine to get off !!
Luckily this, as mentioned, scruffy (backstreet) parts place were SOOOOoooo helpful.
They had a bit of a "workshop" and we took the old alternator in there.

After applying LOTS of heat and whacking the heck out of it with a BIG hammer, it finally came off.

They were not going to charge me owt for this either, but I made sure the guy got some Queens paper in his back pocket for a drink or 3

Without their help I would have been stuck for sure and I was glad it was a scruffy one man type place, as I doubt a branch of a major factors would have been able or willing to go to such trouble.

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