Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari rebuilt alternators

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

To continue this story:  Perhaps a year after I bought
the car from Matt and after FoH's rebuild where the
supposedly went through every system, the alternator
failed.  The bearings seized causing the belt to
break.  Of course, I was 40 miles from home.  We put a
new alternator on the car at that time.  

Between us, I think the problem is HEAT.  The
alternator sits right next to the headers and just
cooks.  I believe that the mechanical failures are
because the heat cooks the oil out of the bearings.

rick




--- Matt Boyd <ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> Technically mine wasn't a rebuild....it quit
> charging, so I brought it
> to a reputable shop (Precision Alternator).  I
> didn't tell them what
> it was from, and they charged me $55 for new
> bearings and a new
> voltage regulator and it worked fine from there. 
> Well, at least for a
> little while!  :)
> 
> How long has it been since your last rebuild, Dave? 
> ....oh, I see it
> below....3 or 4 years ago....sounds solved now
> (maybe?)....
> 
> -matt
> '85 308
> 
> On 6/5/07, Dave Craig <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > Now that is funny!  Basically 5 rebuilds in 10
> years (or so).  Well, at
> > least it seams to be fixed now!
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Boyd
> [mailto:ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:34 AM
> > To: Dave Craig
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari rebuilt alternators
> >
> > And Rick and Dave, I had the alternator rebuilt
> once before Rick bought the
> > car!
> >
> > -matt
> > '85  euro 308
> > Former '83 euro Mondial
> >
> > On 6/5/07, Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > And Dave, I replaced the alternator once before
> you
> > > bought the car!
> > >
> > > rick
> > >
> > > --- Dave Craig <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I had my alternator rebuilt (83 Mondial QV)
> three
> > > > times before it took.  The
> > > > first two times it failed within 2K miles. 
> Then we
> > > > took a more scientific
> > > > look at the failures and application and the
> local
> > > > shop decided to put in
> > > > "high speed" aviation bearings on the third
> rebuild
> > > > and that was 3 or 4
> > > > years ago and all is still well.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
>
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