Re: here's a stumper...for me in any case

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: geo <gamills@ns.sympatico.ca>
Date: Friday, February 20, 1998 12:03 AM
Subject: RE: here's a stumper...for me in any case


[snip] Brushes need to be replaced and I think the
>diode plate might as well be replaced.
[snip]
Nobody around here can get these
>parts.  I can fix it if I can find the parts but I don't know the
>p/n's.  No junkers with an alt. here, but I don't want to go that route
>unless I have to.  Haynes manual does not give info on the type of alt.
>this is.  Bosch perhaps?  I can go for a rebuild and their secrets will
>cost me about $150. Surely I can do it for less with your help.  Ale's
>on me whenever we meet!
>
>Geo
>

Geo;

    Audi sells a nifty alternator brush replacement kit for about $5! I did
this job on my '91 200q last winter.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  246k km