Yannage, definitely try changing the brushes and regulator first, only £30 ish + 1 hour or so of work. The alternator change at a garage will cost you dear. Colvert, l would not recommend anyone over 65 doing this job, l am 68 and l struggled. Unless you have a nice warm garage with lighting and a kettle. The problem with age is we loose confidence as well as strength and each job can be a major task, full of apprehension. It took me 4 days of scrambling under the car, grazing my knuckles and lots of swearing but l did get there in the end, and saved a lot of money l didnt have. But good luck to anyone doing this, and if you are youngish then please pay no attention to my ramblings.
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