nope thast not cos i went throu 3, since fitting the recon one its been fine that was 8months ago, and ive an apexi keeping check on the voltage so i know its good
what happend was, bought the car, bearings seized in the alternator (alternator 1).....bought an alledgely good one from someone, ...fitted it.....alternator died a couple of days later (was taken off another R that had been lying about for a while) (alternator2)....
the original one where the bearings seized, i got stripped down and completely rebuilt, for £60...(alternator 3) :lol: :lol:
its been 100% fine.