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lambrettalee wrote: was it gold plated!!!!!!!!

£99 for the alternator itself, £250 labour. Welcome to London for the non-mechanically minded

Am now looking to buy a T4 as have had nowt but problems with my new T25 and am rapidly losing faith....

Mocki wrote:check the feed from the ignition switch,

This was what was wrong with mine in the end
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Suddenly, and for no reason she lost the following:
1) Heater blower fan controls
2) Wipers
3) Main beam lights

Sidelights still worked, as did full beam (ie flashing people)
The wipers and heater blower only worked if the headlamp rocker switch was at position 2 (ie main beam) and the indicator lever was pulled to activate full beam, but all stopped working when lever was released.

All the Wiki info here (and Haynes) pointed to it being due to bad earths, so I stripped and cleaned all earth points, checked all fuses etc. Having done all this there was no fix to the fault so I gave up and took to VW garage. They diagnosed the problem as a faulty ignition switch. Replacement of ignition switch (a £8 part from JK) and a 90 minute job stripping the steering column to access and replace the switch fixed the problem.

Defintiely worth trying this if cleaning earths doesn't cure fault.
I think I added it to the Wiki in the relevant place but not 100% sure!!

aaahhh I'm glad you bought this up again as the symptoms came back....this time it was the BIG RED WIRE going in to the fuse board at the back... seems it has loosened over time.

cleaned and tightened it ...

fixed again

kevtherev wrote:fixed again

This should be the motto for us T25 owners I reckon