Landyseverywhere
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Thought my experience may help others avoid roadside problems,sometime ago I had an alternator fail the night before I was due to drive home from Spain (around 500 miles).fortunately I had a little 2 stroke generator a spare battery and a small battery charger,managed to wire generator in back of van to battery under bonnet via charger,and as generator had separate 12v charging outlet connected this to spare battery by leaving generator running in back ( full factory bulkhead fitted cab windows wide open) with a few battery swops I got home !On inspection of the alternator I found the very worn brushes had broken up,so a new regulator/brush pack (about £15 inc delivery) fitted and all good.Since then I have changed cambelts and clutches on 2 other vans and while doing so have checked the alternator brushes to find both very worn so have preemptively changed them ,all 3 vans had done around 120 k miles and all were bosh alternators ,as a new alternator is around £200 let alone breakdown costs and hassle ,I would suggest for the sake of checking a lot of cost and agro could be saved.
One more thing worth noting none of these vehicles had been converted to MH's at the time..so it would be fair to assume a MH alternator works harder due to aux electrical items,so may be worth checking earlier.
One more thing worth noting none of these vehicles had been converted to MH's at the time..so it would be fair to assume a MH alternator works harder due to aux electrical items,so may be worth checking earlier.