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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: paul and sam on August 26, 2007, 21:35:52

Title: which one can i use ???
Post by: paul and sam on August 26, 2007, 21:35:52

can anyone help me i have had my altnator go kaput on my discovery :(bigcry): i have a spare one  :(contented): BUT on fitting  it i have found out that its a unit for a diesel and not a v8 :(sulk): i now need to replace it with a new unit can anyone tell me what the bigest unit i can fit to replace it as i have twin batts fitted many thanks

Title: which one can i use ???
Post by: Range Rover Blues on August 26, 2007, 23:36:08

What year is the Disco? I have an 80 amp unit on mine, aparently they wer export spec and I've only ever seen one other, I even asked at the reconditioners.

Try something like a Lucas unit from a newer Ford in the scrappy but be careful, my 80 amp runs from a single Vee belt and it can shred that belt in a few hours when the twin fans are running, it really needs a multi vee belt.

The later SE and LSE RRC had a 100 amp unit running from a multi Vee belt direct from the crank, if you have a non-serpentine V8 you could retro fit this to it.  For a Diesel I don't know the answer, but the 100 amp alternators are cheap enough on flea bay.