Alternator on me Rallye goes kapput

[thepeoplespal]

The alternator on my Series 2 106 Rallye 1.6 suddenly went (which I thought rather strange), along with the power steering, which was a bugger on the corners.

So called the AA out, but of course no bugger in the AA (multi-meter showed no charge - 11.91 volts) knew the part number for a Rallye and I didn't want to incur a fee for calling some AA eejit out of his bed just for them to say "sorry mate a 60 amp one won't do", so had a scary 15mile journey home on the side lights with the AA van following me and lighting my way.

So what I'm querying is:

Is it possible to get an alternator reconditioned? If so what time scales are we looking at? i.e. time vs. cost

Should an alternator suddenly stop working like that? always had some indication of a problem with the alternator before things stop working.

[DennisTheMenace]

Go to lucas (lsuk) and get it exchanged for a reconditioned one might be a lot cheaper the getting yours reconditiond or one from peugot

>> Edited by DennisTheMenace on Friday 14th February 16:47

[CB-Dave]

See if you can get one off a 1.4 HDi 206 or something like that - same type of engine and mountings (TU) but more power being a diesel.

[thepeoplespal]

If only it was as simple as getting a 206 HDI one, or is it? - I'm a bit on the "I'll only muck it up" side of things. Not overly happy that this has happened one week to the day since getting the car serviced :-(

>> Edited by thepeoplespal on Saturday 15th February 12:50