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Murphy was an optimist!

Few years ago, the alternator in the wife's Toyota failed. So did 6 replacement alternators! (All within two months of being installed.) I was convinced there must be some other problem, so all sorts of things got tested and/or replaced along the way. But the final time, I just remove the bad alternator and installed the new one; that last replacement is still working today (though we gave the car to my daughter).

Feces happen.
 
TR3driver said:
Murphy was an optimist!

Few years ago, the alternator in the wife's Toyota failed. So did 6 replacement alternators! (All within two months of being installed.) I was convinced there must be some other problem, so all sorts of things got tested and/or replaced along the way. But the final time, I just remove the bad alternator and installed the new one; that last replacement is still working today (though we gave the car to my daughter).

Feces happen.
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I learned a similar lesson when the "lifetime warranty" parts hit the market about 20 years ago. I learned they were so poorly rebuilt that they could afford to keep changing them till you got tired of doing all the work. The last such part I tried was a distributor. I went through 5 on the shelf...each missing a random part. One had no springs, another no main bushing, and still another no rotor!

That is the last time I even considered looking at a "lifetime" part.

John
 
I did the GM alternator conversion for my TR8. The alternator quality at the FLAPS was so bad I eventually gave up and am presently putting a properly rebuilt Lucas back into the car.

It's scary when you have to go to Lucas for a quality product.
 
Goes against tradition.........
 
Just remember....

“There’s never enough time to do it right, but there’s always enough time to do it over.” – Jack Bergman
 
I had two failures with chain store rebuilt GM alternators on my TR4. Finally took it to the local rebuilder, no more problems. He has his reputation at stake and will do it right.
 
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