Date:         Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:14:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
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Thanks, Mark.

I'm seeing "AL33X" (Van-Cafe, $115 + $73 core) or "025903023EX"
(Busdepot, same pricing).

Both are described a "genuine Bosch Rebuilt units." This pretty much
what you're recommending?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

Sent from my kitchen.

On 08/22/2011 04:03 PM, mark drillock wrote:
> In general, I have had the best experiences with Bosch parts sold as
> "Genuine Rebuilt" and in Bosch boxes. The option of the FLAPS gimmick of
> "lifetime warranty" units is to be avoided unless you will enjoy taking
> the part on and off frequently, sometimes at the side of the road. Yeah,
> they will replace it for free, again and again and again, if you can get
> it to them with your dead van. There is also the possibility of getting
> a local "auto electric" repair shop to "rebuild" it and some are Bosch
> certified shops. I have had bad luck trying that. Both times they looked
> up the list price of the alternator from Bosch and based their rebuild
> prices on that inflated figure. Speaking of inflated, a relative just
> priced a 90 amp at a VW dealer and was quoted nearly $600 for the part.
> Since he is in the repair biz they then offered a special discount to
> just over $400.
>
> Various list venders and friendly places sell the genuine Bosch Rebuilt
> units for about $125 exchange.
>
> Mark
>
> Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> ...........
>>
>> ALL: Recommendations on how to deal with an alternator that maybe needs
>> servicing? Who does such things? Take it to the FLAPS or do we have some
>> special vendor here whose rebuilt Bosch alternators are better than gold?
>>
>>