Bloody hell, the number of times I've had alternators reconditioned or even bought new ones! Fixing them is such a doddle.
It was displaying classic symptoms of diode failure - poor charging and always flat as a pancake in the morning even after a mains charge. £60 for one from the local scrapyard, I dread to think how much a recon one would have been.
Quick surf on the internet..... Blimey, a complete new diode pack for 9 quid! Had to be worth a bash. Another couple of quid got me a replacement set of brushes to boot.
Right, alternator off the car and dismantled. The old diode pack is the cruddy looking thing at the top.
New diode pack & brushes.
After a little bit of soldering to attach the new pack, I quickly ran a meter across the windings to check they were intact. All was good, so I slung it back together.
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