1996 disco. My alternator appears to be dying. It will work for a couple minutes when I first start it up( it makes a really loud whine), and then the tach stops working and the battery light comes on. I put the multimeter on the alternator where the red wire connects. I got just over 14 volts when it's working but when it quits working, it puts out about 12.5 and the battery voltage drops below 12v.
There is a local rebuild shop that I am going to call tomorrow but I also found one on ebay for $170 that is supposedly 160 amps; does anyone have any experience with this higher amp alternator? any thoughts?
Range Rover Land Rover Alternator 160 HIGH AMP 1995 1996 1997 1998 4.0L 4.6L | eBay

 

I was going to buy from them a few years ago but got a used alt for free.
Let us know how well it works for you.
To have yours rebuilt will be more than what you can buy one for.

Save your old one.

 

Try paul Grant. He usually has used very reasonable.

 

im happy with a locally rebuilt one i got. price seemed right considering the cost of the P38 units...

 

Where did you get yours done and how much?

 

i actually swapped them for my 100a unit, and walked out with a 120a.
local shop that rebuilds them here in town
Welcome to Whatcom Electric.

ive had great luck with them before on other cars (they just did some work on the RR for me as well), i think it was around $240

 

I called my local rebuild shop and they wanted $189 to rebuild it with a one year warranty. The local autozone was around $170 plus core charge for reman with a lifetime warranty.
I went ahead and bought the brand new 160 amp one from ebay.
Ordered it on wednesday and it arrived today, friday.
I'm about to go install it so I will let you all know how it goes.

 

shouldnt take you more than 5-10 minutes, nothing to it

 

Extra Amps = Mo' Hellas.... or mo' speakerz...

 

I'm glad you did not go with the AutoZone alternator, they suck.
I went through 4 in 2 years, finally settled on a used one.