Given that I don't do a lot of driving in the LR on cold wet nights (that's what modern cars are for, eh?), I'm unlikely to need all the oomph of an alt. all athat often. The clean-up job on the commutator and new brushes sounds better. I suppose I'd better start looking for new brushes...

My 2A's dynamo is weak - almost certainly needs new brushes. You can buy new or recon ones without any problem - I've searched the web for parts sources. But if I'm going to have to get the thing out anyway, would it make more sense to uprate to an alternator? If so, which alternator? Might...

Hiya, folks. In the last 3 months, I've finally started sorting out the 1968 Series 2A petrol pickup which I've had sat in the barn for the last 2 years. "Scrag" will never be beautiful, but she makes all the faux-nouveaux mudless shiny 4x4s in my rural neck of the woods look like...