Thread: Best place to buy new alternator - V8

I just purchased one from that parts guru in the US Will Tillery. $337 AUD delivered in 4-5 days by UPS - Bosch OEM. Cheapest here was $960 plus delivery from BMI...

So now I get an excuse to drive my D1 for a week.

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

I just purchased one from that parts guru in the US Will Tillery. $337 AUD delivered in 4-5 days by UPS - Bosch OEM. Cheapest here was $960 plus delivery from BMI...

So now I get an excuse to drive my D1 for a week.

Cheers

Hi Scott,
mine is the dearest one as well.
I rebuilt mine at the local workshop 4 years ago, at 90k kms. Front bearing had a little play and rear bearing was ok, but a bit dry. Slip ring was ok and brushes were, well, one really shot and the other one on the worn side.

I kept my old regulator, which I rebuilt using new brushes I managed to find. It's a pig of a job because it's built in a way you can't theorically renew brushes if you don't break the regulator, but with patience, a soldering iron and a drill, it's possible.

Nice to hear you got yours from Will Tillery. he has good parts at very good prices, and it's closer from Oz than the UK.

I had some HD coil springs sent by paddocks, they reached me in 2 days, and shipping from the uk was just 10 pounds.

Once you fit your new alt you can try to rebuild yours, and keep it as a spare (i do that with my 300Tdi RRC, as that particular alt is very failure-prone).

Best regards
Robert

There's one for sale in the AULRO markets for $220 in Melbourne (brand new apparently?)