My Alternator Broke

So the 2nd hand alternator didn't work out, the car started and it was charging the battery but the car wouldn't turn off lol.
Getting a new one put in today.
 
genetic said:
Cool story bro.
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Alternator died just outside Grahamstown. Got stuck in traffic in Mthatha which caused the fan to run and killed the last of the battery. I bought a new battery and made it to Hilton, with headlights on for the last few km too.

If you don't know what you're talking about, why not just shut up?
 
genetic said:
No need to be a d*ck, but I guess that's what you'll revert to when being questioned. Well done.
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You posted garbage without actually knowing the facts.
I corrected you.
You demanded proof.
I told you I had empirical proof.
You got sarcastic.
I gave more detail and got annoyed that you (even though you have no facts of your own) chose sarcasm instead of just accepting my reply.
You're now claiming the moral high ground?

Nice try...


edit:- I commented on this thread to give advice based on knowledge and experience to the OP (and anyone else who may read it). I'm not interested in a pissing contest with someone whose ego is so fragile that they cannot cope with being corrected when they don't know what they're talking about. I'll not be replying to you again.
 
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DA-LION-619 said:
So the 2nd hand alternator didn't work out, the car started and it was charging the battery but the car wouldn't turn off lol.
Getting a new one put in today.
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As Hemi said, that sounds like there's more going on there than just a problem with the alternator.
 
Colin62 said:
I honestly don't know. The car not switching off should be totally unrelated to the alternator.
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Maybe his altenator have a conection to the switched ignition leed aswell. Or integrated into computer system
 
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DA-LION-619 said:
Yeah, so one thing you got to hate about the Spark is finding spares. The alternator can't be fixed, so the mechanic sourced a 2nd hand one which took up the whole of yesterday to find so hopefully by today the car will be sorted.
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That's strange, alternators can always be fixed or reconditioned even if the rotor is shot it can be rewound.
 
chromedome said:
That's strange, alternators can always be fixed or reconditioned even if the rotor is shot it can be rewound.
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I'll get the burned out one back and take it to someone else to find out but my mechanic is trustworthy so he wouldn't be wasting my time going from used to new with a minimal price difference.
 
Colin62 said:
Alternator died just outside Grahamstown. Got stuck in traffic in Mthatha which caused the fan to run and killed the last of the battery. I bought a new battery and made it to Hilton, with headlights on for the last few km too.

If you don't know what you're talking about, why not just shut up?
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As if you would accept someone elses one liner about xyz being possible :rolleyes: No numbers, no description, just "I did it." Good to know though that "I did it" is classified as empirical proof
 
If it burned out they can replace or rewind stator and rotor windings, usually cheaper just to buy a reconditioned unit though.
 
Colin62 said:
Rubbish, you can drive a few hundred kilometres on a battery if you switch off all the things that drain it and just have the battery powering the spark and EMS.
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IF the battery is in good shape before this process starts. If the battery is already in an advanced discharge state, you will not get very far before everything will fail.
 
chromedome said:
If it burned out they can replace or rewind stator and rotor windings, usually cheaper just to buy a reconditioned unit though.
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Getting spares is the issue, from what he told me it doesn't have any Bosch parts either.
 
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