Joe Flake writes:
=> I also have a dead alternator. Mine on my '72 TR6. Mine is a mechanical
=> (rather than electrical) failure with the bearings nicely gone to bits.
=> An interesting ride home. I heard noises under the hood, raised hood to
=> listen and thought it was the water pump going out. Drove home GENTLY with
=> noise getting louder and louder. Turned out to be alternator rather than
=> water pump. Bearings were almost seized. Turning by hand while
=> shaking now results in little bits of bearing falling out!
Wow, sounds pretty bad!
I recently had my '72 TR6's alternator overhauled. All that was wrong with
mine was the electronics, but while they had it apart I had the autoelectrician
replace the bearings and have a look at the brushes etc. It cost me A$110, but
the alternator I got back was the original one for the car, was working as well
as new and should now do me for a few years.
Heck, it (along with the rest of the car) made it from Adelaide, through
Melbourne to Canberra (about 1300 miles) without a hitch and it's still
going strong.
Ciao,
Peter K.
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