Check battery light goes ON

[jondee86]

Quote:Is the alternator interchangable with another engine?

When my alternator died recently, I took a walk thru the local
wreckers yard, and found similar units on many of the older Toyotas.
The only difference when you take one from a FWD car, is that bolted
terminal will end up in a slightly awkward place underneath.

The round plug seems to be interchangeable on just about all of
the older models. And the 5-groove pulley is also very common.
There are two variations in the width of the "lug" that bolts to the
block; a wide version and a narrow version. You want the wide one.

I finished up taking one from some random old FWD Corona, and it
worked fine. Getting the wire to the teminal was a bit of a stretch, and
the pulley was actually slightly smaller than the AE86 one. This means
I am at the end of the adjustment with the standard belt.

Hey, but for NZ$35 it is about 10% the price of a new one

Cheers... jondee86