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…some melted plastic, a cooked alternator and a ride home on the back of a truck.I was about 200 miles from home. Drove it for a while on the battery but it soon went flat. Car is now at the dealer’s waiting a new alternator.You have been warned — alternators fail soon after 8000 miles!Doh!regardsMike

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Mine lasted 21K miles, but others (like Mike Turner) have had theirs fail much earlier [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/frown.gif[/image]IIRC an exchange was about �80, so it wasn’t too painfull!!

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Were there stories of alternators that weren’t attached properly and heat shields for them…? Are these contributing factors.

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83 manDid you have the silver ducting pipe connected from the o/s engine vent onto the alternator?Mike

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quote:Originally posted by miketurn:Did you have the silver ducting pipe connected from the o/s engine vent onto the alternator?MikeNo I didn’t but my car has A/C and the alternator is mounted high up. I don’t think these (A/C cars) get the ducting do they?Mike

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quote:Originally posted by 83man:I don’t think these (A/C cars) get the ducting do they?I think you’re right, but that hasn’t stopped miketurn from doing his own mod - http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/Forum1/HTML/000976.html (see link at the bottom)

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Thanks. I haven’t got my car back yet but when I do I might try something like this.Mike