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I believe I am hearing an intermittent vibration/whine at certain revs from the alternator?
No loss of water or steering fluid and car running fine, so assuming early diagnosis and am preparing! Get one on the shelf and wait!
How much are they and I assume that the fuel rail has to be removed?
No loss of water or steering fluid and car running fine, so assuming early diagnosis and am preparing! Get one on the shelf and wait!
How much are they and I assume that the fuel rail has to be removed?
Never understood this philosophy. 
You think its about to break, and you're waiting for it to happen so you can spend money on a new one?
If it is a whine or vibration from your alternator and you're lucky enough to spot it before it happens, why not do some preventative work?
The most likely thing to be causing the whine is the bearings on the shaft running dry or about to fold. When they finally go the shaft will sieze and the windings will hit the armature probably damaging the windings. Also the crankshaft is currently turning a shaft against resistance.
Why not remove it and either lube or replace the bearings now. Job done, it'll cost you about £4 for replacement bearings, and doing it now will stop you being left on the side of the road, where people will laugh at you because its a TVR.
You think its about to break, and you're waiting for it to happen so you can spend money on a new one?
If it is a whine or vibration from your alternator and you're lucky enough to spot it before it happens, why not do some preventative work?
The most likely thing to be causing the whine is the bearings on the shaft running dry or about to fold. When they finally go the shaft will sieze and the windings will hit the armature probably damaging the windings. Also the crankshaft is currently turning a shaft against resistance.
Why not remove it and either lube or replace the bearings now. Job done, it'll cost you about £4 for replacement bearings, and doing it now will stop you being left on the side of the road, where people will laugh at you because its a TVR.
Alternator..... remove fuel rail, remove bolts holding alternator, swear lots cause you dropped bolts under the mounting plate in the V. Swear again cause you don't have a magnet thingy to grab them out. Kiss the dog cause TVR used normal bolts and not non-magnetic (after you bought a magnetic extendable thingy). Get alternator fixed, much cheaper than a new one.
Fitting is the reverse of removal
Fitting is the reverse of removal
Julian, I live about 10 miniutes from Brands, so will take your offer up at some stage.
Guess what I did last night?
I lost the socket from the socket set down into the V, now this was a first and I tried, like Andy suggested, to pull it out with a magnet, but no good. So I got a really long screwdriver, wrapped some tape round it, made a concave side, covered this in EvoStick, waited for it to get really tacky, pushed it down into the gap and managed to stick the socket to it and get it to a level where my banana like fingers could take over!
Have to say, having looked at the alternator, now not sure that it is making the noise?
Guess what I did last night?
I lost the socket from the socket set down into the V, now this was a first and I tried, like Andy suggested, to pull it out with a magnet, but no good. So I got a really long screwdriver, wrapped some tape round it, made a concave side, covered this in EvoStick, waited for it to get really tacky, pushed it down into the gap and managed to stick the socket to it and get it to a level where my banana like fingers could take over!
Have to say, having looked at the alternator, now not sure that it is making the noise?
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