bit late to post due to tottaly brainless noises on the end of my mobile when i complained about no landline or tinternet but,
had an alternator failure last week in freezing cold nor****,
RAC man tried to rob me fer £120 quid for another alternator, just the basic 200 DTi 65 amp version, told him, "NO"
well, not quite NO but summit more colourful
ended up recovery home !
so, got home and "found" 2 old volvo 55amp versions but way different mounting points, but,
laid out on me bench found out of the 3 original landie mounting points,
I could make the wide ally volvo fixing into one thinner landie type mounting point,
plus the one opposite the tensioning point underneath
so with a quick marking up of the wide ally case to landie sizes of thickness,
out come the angle grinder with thin cutting disc to cut around the now thin landie sized lug, then just trimmed the excess alloy case orf...
the lower belt tension one was just trimmed in thinkness to keep the (double)pully square with its drive pully on power steering pump!
with my belts and braces idea it was up & running in no time at all,
but with no third point of mounting, I just pushed a pit of rubber hose in the gap between alternator body & landie alloy hanging bracket helped by a dollop of sillicone
just to stop fatigue fractures - possably
now 4 days later I have odered a new alternator from ebay.... £60 with delivery ..
*note*
I previously had bought a "cheap" new drive belt !!!!!
WRONG !
its like a bit of elastic !!
will source a top quality belt or a industrial 9.5mm drive belt locally =
fit & forget
Love my landie,
keeping it going keeps this tired ol mans brain just ticking over