danny6801

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• Jul 21, 2016

• #1

I was on the way home from a week away with the horses at the Royal Welsh when my 90 decided that the voltage would spike through the roof so quickly stopped and turned battery isolator off had a moment and seem to settle. Then a few miles down the road the hand brake drum decided to seize on so got that off and diff lock on rear prop off on the way again only for the alternator to start burning up and has now seized solid so have to park the car up to go to my mates to get an alternator to go 40 miles bk to install as my father in law has had to come and pick the horse trailer up to get the horses home what a day hope everyone else is having a better day than me.

 

zeaphod

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• Jul 21, 2016

• #2

Ouch. Hope things improve tomorrow.

 

danny6801

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• Jul 21, 2016

• #3

Me to haha got to love these land rover's just picked the alternator up so on way to put it on hope it works .

 

Kwakerman

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• Jul 21, 2016

• #4

Have a good think about what tools you need, don't want to get there and find you don't have a spanner for the aux belt tensioner or the fiddly little wires on the back of the alternator!

 

danny6801

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• Jul 21, 2016

• #5

I've took everything I own haha plus some crimps handy being an electrician.

 

danny6801

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #6

Well it never ended well the 10mm nut at the bottom was already rounded off before I even started so am awaiting recovery dam I've been beaten for the first time never mind hopefully get it sorted.

 

danny6801

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #7

Well I'm home and I drove it bk the recovery guy ended up smashing his 9mm snap on socket onto the rounded nut and with a very long extension bar through the front grill and cracked it off. new alternator on and home job done just need to fix everything else now.

 

Kwakerman

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #8

danny6801 said:

Well I'm home and I drove it bk the recovery guy ended up smashing his 9mm snap on socket onto the rounded nut and with a very long extension bar through the front grill and cracked it off. new alternator on and home job done just need to fix everything else now.

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....and replace the rounded nut if it went back on

 

Vinlander

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #9

danny6801 said:

Well I'm home and I drove it bk the recovery guy ended up smashing his 9mm snap on socket onto the rounded nut and with a very long extension bar through the front grill and cracked it off. new alternator on and home job done just need to fix everything else now.

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Handy tip mate, done it a few times myself. Didn't you bring molegrips?

 

doodle bug

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #10

When you sell your soul to the big green devil in Solihull he will test your loyalty now and again

 

raywin

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #11

i have those days when you get up and stub your toe on the bottom of the bed..........
and it turns out that's the nicest thing that happens to you all day.

 

zeaphod

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #12

doodle bug said:

When you sell your soul to the big green devil in Solihull he will test your loyalty now and again

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Just about sums it up I always seem to be fixing or waiting to fix something - what was that noise?, OMG the clutch/gearbox/engine is about to go lol

 

danny6801

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• Jul 22, 2016

• #13

Haha thanks guys was an eventful night.