When my alternator died on Gump, I found a great local shop to rebuild instead of getting a FLAPs unit. Superior job on the rebuild, enough that I installed in the SL after parting the w115. Cost was an initial consideration. This time I would have Gary, sexy parts seller to all right minded folks, ship me a part. Bound to be more cost effective when you do the install yourself. Core charge would make it less expensive too
clay On Sep 11, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: > My experience repairing one was not good. My 79 300TD (123/617) had a bad > diode in the rectifier. I bought a new rectifier and replaced the rectifier > assembly (soldering required). The first new rectifier failed so replaced > it again. The second new rectifier failed so then I bought e Bosch reman > from Rusty. The rectifiers were about $40 each (as I recall) and the reman > was about $100. The Bosch reman worked fine until I sold that car, years > later. Based on that, I'll go for a factory reman next time and not ness > with rebuilding it myself. > > Maybe Gary can tell us if quality factory remans are still available. > > But if just the regulator and/or brushes are bad, that's an easy DIY fix. > I've replaced these in 123 and 126 Diesels from below without jacking the > car. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of >> Meade Dillon via Mercedes >> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:20 PM >> To: Mercedes >> Subject: [MBZ] Rebuilding an alternator >> >> The alternator on my '87 300TD is dead. I've tried a new voltage > regulator, >> that did not help. >> >> Could there be something relatively easy to test and replace? I'm going > to >> have some time soon, and if I can spend a couple hours testing and fixing, > I'd >> prefer to do that rather than purchase a new alternator. >> >> -- >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> _______________________________________ > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
