hmmm. incendiary 620ti alternator

[mat1227]

my 620ti alternator roasted itself spectacularly on the way back from the festival of speed. very embarrasing

so, where is the best place to get hold of a cheap but functional alternator? any suggestions? the best I've found so far is £160

[mat1227]

ok thanks for the replies. im glad I asked as I didn't know about the ac/non-ac difference.

ho hum i'll have a look locally at breakers, otherwise £160 it is then

[mat1227]

cheers shadowfax - well this definitely seems to be relevent.

the day before The Roasting i tried to start the rover after 3 or 4 days parked up and nothing. i thought this was strange as the car spends more than a week sitting on a regular basis with no problems whatsoever. definitely no lights left on or anything. so called the AA and the fella ends up doing a test thingie on the level of drain on the battery, and it is way over what it should be. im really no mechanically minded so i don't recall the figure. we had to idle the car for about ten min until the figure dropped below a certain level. the guy then told me to disconnect the batt when parked up until i can get it sorted, and that this approach shouldn't see any problems.

i had a strong feeling The Roasting and the above were related, this seems to confirm it. i hope fitting a new alternator will remove whatever is causing the excess drain on the battery. not too sure how flawed this logic is...

im still trawling around breakers/ebay trying to find a reasonable one to fit incidentally.

and i'd rather be having this problem with a griff than a rover 600 maybe the broken part that needs replacing is the rover fitted to the battery and i need to upgrade that, keep the battery and install a griff ...

[mat1227]

and thanks for the tip!

when it comes to the fitting i shall disconnect the battery before i do ANYTHING

that's exactly the sort of thing i'd have done. the next thred title would've been 'hmmmmm, incendiary mat's arm'

[mat1227]

good to hear that's sorted it.

thanks, I just need to hit the breakers, one will turn up I'm sure

[mat1227]

I'm interested to hear the answer too*. I've finally found a 2nd hand alternator from ebay, so will tackle it this weekend..

*presuming the procedure for the belt is the same irrespective of AC or non AC

[mat1227]

PM'd

cheers batty

[mat1227]

and again

the first time it said 'email sent: a copy has been sent to you' but I didn't receive the confirmation.

hopefully this will work

[mat1227]

done you can edit post now!

[mat1227]

the eagle has landed