Alternator - what would you do

**shimmy** · 17-03-2010, 03:55 PM

My car has done nearly 70k miles and i reckon the next thing to go wrong will be the alternator - at which point you get caught for recovery and full price new one probably costing me at the same time a missed ferry or a missed trackday

So i have decided to swap mine out now and fit a new one trying to avoid this issue (no warranty)

but as with most things on investigation there seems to be endless choices to make so ill put them up here and you can all decide what to do. It seems like gearboxes most available are recon from old units with new interiors. Some have 2 year warranties some 1 year

Not with the prices i have allowed for NOW handing my unit back to them which saves £50-100 as i reckon with my unit still running i can sell it for more on ebay

View Poll Results: What Alternator shall i buy and WHY!
New Bosch Unit £400	1	5.88%
Reconditioned by Bosch Unit £250	6	35.29%
Reconditioned by Valeo Unit £430	1	5.88%
Reconditioned by Lucas Unit £310	0	0%
Reconditioned by Delco Reme Unit £174	0	0%
Leave it until it fails	9	52.94%
Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll

17-03-2010, 03:55 PM	#1
shimmy CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uk Posts: 14,646 Casino cash: $43909	Alternator - what would you do My car has done nearly 70k miles and i reckon the next thing to go wrong will be the alternator - at which point you get caught for recovery and full price new one probably costing me at the same time a missed ferry or a missed trackday So i have decided to swap mine out now and fit a new one trying to avoid this issue (no warranty) but as with most things on investigation there seems to be endless choices to make so ill put them up here and you can all decide what to do. It seems like gearboxes most available are recon from old units with new interiors. Some have 2 year warranties some 1 year Not with the prices i have allowed for NOW handing my unit back to them which saves £50-100 as i reckon with my unit still running i can sell it for more on ebay __________________ . Last edited by shimmy; 17-03-2010 at 04:02 PM.