[Rp61973]

My alternator light decided to come on whilst driving last year, I limped the old girl home an changed the brush-pack. Unfortunately after shelling out £35 and spending around 1 hour skinning knuckles fitting it, I find that it made no difference and the alternator was U/S.

I took the alternator out and had this rebuilt at a local workshop in Basildon. Unfortunately they wouldn't use my brand new brush pack as they couldn't guarantee it. They rebuilt the unit for a modest £95. At the same time, I had the weeping power steering pump re-built. Changing the alternator isn't the hardest job I have done, but it is time consuming with dropping and lifting the engine on the jack to access the bolts.