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L series Alternator

Post by subanator » Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:11 pm

Anyone bothered to do one up? I fried mine, rectifier and regulator smoked.
I had it quoted and was pulled down to do this. The rebuild price was ridiculous, so I settled to buy a remanufactured replacement at half the price.

What its left me is a box of bits, a good stator and windings, sliprings are good. Just need a new rectifier plate and regulator IC. Is it worth bothering with? Its a Hitachi LR160 -138, good for approx 58A.
'03 Forester X, stock standard for now.

'89 EA82T Touring Wagon, 5-speed D/R, 14" alloy wheels, bullbar. (Past ride)

'81 MY wagon, 3" lift, 5-speed D/R, Weber, 14x27" tyres. (Past ride)

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Post by AndrewT » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:30 pm

This may or may not be the appropriate place to post this, but might answer your question about if its worth doing...

Anybody on the forum want an L series alternator? I have a 100% working one you can have for free!

:)

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Post by SuBaRiNo » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:17 pm

In other words... ditch it.

Dave
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Post by subanator » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:16 am

AndrewT wrote:This may or may not be the appropriate place to post this, but might answer your question about if its worth doing...

Anybody on the forum want an L series alternator? I have a 100% working one you can have for free!
:)
Damn, just ordered one that day through Jonno's work.
Costin me an arm and a leg for a rebuilt one - ex east air freight. I wanted it before Easter so I can have a crack at running the car again to iron out the bugs.
SuBaRiNo wrote:In other words... ditch it.
Dave
Yeah, will be doin just that Dave!
'03 Forester X, stock standard for now.

'89 EA82T Touring Wagon, 5-speed D/R, 14" alloy wheels, bullbar. (Past ride)

'81 MY wagon, 3" lift, 5-speed D/R, Weber, 14x27" tyres. (Past ride)

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Post by SuBaRiNo » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:43 pm

A lesson to us all... post before u buy. There are a lot of spare parts sitting in sheds around the place... all u need to do is ask.

Dave
EJ conversion wiring harness cut downs available. Please PM or email ([email protected]) for details.

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