Thread: Alternator Failure?

Sadly, This is not a warranty price. The car is long out of warranty. The NT is savage for being expensive.

Were going to by a tarago for family duty's now. No more european vehicles that are not suited to the tropics...

I'm a little confused.. what does a failing alternator (a problem which I have had happen on a number of cars) have to do with the tropics?

You can purchase an OEM alternator from Karcraft here in Sydney for a lot less than the Landrover price.

The climate up here is much harsher on the vehicles overall. The plastics go quicker the paint fades faster, hoses go brittle faster etc. Japanese built cars are much hardier.

Come in a bit late on this one but I do have a thread specifically on this.

My D3 stopped half way across an intersection in Brisbane, May last year, all sorts of hassles getting it off the road, I unthinkingly threw it into park ! With a flat battery you can't take it out of park so flat top was no use - he had left his jumper pack at the last job he left in a hurry to clear me from the road, we were totally blocking 2 major roads !

Came down to the alternator was kaput ! Just found the invoice from a guy in North Brisbane new alternator Denso, total bill including labour $765.00 still going fine.
Did the job the next day for me, had plenty to say about Denso, up to mid 2000's excellent stuff, was surprised mine had gone but he was the service agent for the RACQ, Denso was his main business at present mainly on Camrys, said they kept him in business, he thought the D3's was the same one but a diff regulator and pulley.

DD

Sounds very inconvenient

Originally Posted by Glynhouse

With a flat battery you can't take it out of park so flat top was no use

There is a release button on the shift mechanism accessible near the park brake emergency release cable. Its a small white lever at the right rear corner of the mechanism that needs to be lifted and held to allow the lever to be moved from park.
Also there have been many instances of D3s being dragged with wheels locked onto a flat-top when neither the vehicle driver nor the tow truck driver knows how to get the shifter out of park.

Originally Posted by Graeme

There is a release button on the shift mechanism accessible near the park brake emergency release cable. Its a small white lever at the right rear corner of the mechanism that needs to be lifted and held to allow the lever to be moved from park.
Also there have been many instances of D3s being dragged with wheels locked onto a flat-top when neither the vehicle driver nor the tow truck driver knows how to get the shifter out of park.

Over here, you see flat bed operators dragging GM, Ford and Dodge 4x4 vehicles up onto the bed with all wheels locked. In the winter, they slide up almost willingly, but in the summer, it is an ugly sight and sound - mechanically, they seem to survive OK however.

They then wrap chains thru the wheel spokes and off they bounce.

It is a real incentive to attempt preventive maintenance.

Well,

Still waiting on Advance Factors UK to give me any info on whether they have sent the alternator or not. Not very good at communicating, that lot.

Sucks big time to wait so long!!!