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| JFG |
 Sep 5 2019, 01:45 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 686 Joined: 7-April 16 From: Wales Member No.: 19,869 Region Association: None  |
My alternator is no longer charging so it's now been removed. The company refurbing it can't touch it for 2 weeks so i'm thinking maybe i can have a look at it first.
It's a Lucas 00194 unit. When i took it off and removed the air cowl off the back i noticed there was a smudge on the positive plate and paint missing on the cover in the coresponding spot. Could the plate have shorted the alternator? Is there a way that i can test the alternator with the cover off now that it's off the car?  |
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| JFG |
Sep 5 2019, 02:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 686 Joined: 7-April 16 From: Wales Member No.: 19,869 Region Association: None |
Thanks for the amusing read, it cheered me up a bit.
I bought it because it was all that i could find at the time (and still, so far) and the first one never worked straight from the box. this one has less than a thousand miles on it. I'm also of the opinion that the person fixing it will make it better than new as i know of his work for over 25 years. I called a supplier today who said they couldn't get bosch but could get a no name replica. £325 + 20% tax (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) |
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| ClayPerrine |
Sep 5 2019, 02:40 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 16,316 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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QUOTE(JFG @ Sep 5 2019, 03:34 PM)  Thanks for the amusing read, it cheered me up a bit. I bought it because it was all that i could find at the time (and still, so far) and the first one never worked straight from the box. this one has less than a thousand miles on it. I'm also of the opinion that the person fixing it will make it better than new as i know of his work for over 25 years. I called a supplier today who said they couldn't get bosch but could get a no name replica. £325 + 20% tax (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I would offer to send you one, but the shipping from Texas to Wales would probably be more expensive than you would like. |
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| bdstone914 |
Sep 5 2019, 07:20 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,906 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
QUOTE(ClayPerrine @ Sep 5 2019, 01:40 PM) QUOTE(JFG @ Sep 5 2019, 03:34 PM) Thanks for the amusing read, it cheered me up a bit. I bought it because it was all that i could find at the time (and still, so far) and the first one never worked straight from the box. this one has less than a thousand miles on it. I'm also of the opinion that the person fixing it will make it better than new as i know of his work for over 25 years. I called a supplier today who said they couldn't get bosch but could get a no name replica. £325 + 20% tax (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I would offer to send you one, but the shipping from Texas to Wales would probably be more expensive than you would like. Probably needs to replace the smoke. http://www3.telus.net/bc_triumph_registry/smoke.htm |
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