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<blockquote data-quote="naskeet" data-source="post: 640536" data-attributes="member: 15903"><p>The last time I had to call out the RAC, which was via an M25 roadside telephone to the motorway control room, the 1973 VW 1600 Type 3 engine had a completely seized alternator shaft. It took 2 hours for the RAC patrol to arrive and another 2 hours waiting for an RAC low-loader recovery vehicle to take me home.</p><p></p><p>If I had had a spare alternator and a trolley jack with me, it would probably have been quicker to drop the engine out, replace the alternator and refit the engine whilst I was waiting for the RAC patrol to turn up!</p><p></p><p>This episode, was just one of the reasons that my dad and I decided to upgrade to a VW Type 4 style air-cooled engine, for which the cooling system is independent of the alternator-shaft or V-belt and the alternator can be replaced without removing the engine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="naskeet, post: 640536, member: 15903"] The last time I had to call out the RAC, which was via an M25 roadside telephone to the motorway control room, the 1973 VW 1600 Type 3 engine had a completely seized alternator shaft. It took 2 hours for the RAC patrol to arrive and another 2 hours waiting for an RAC low-loader recovery vehicle to take me home. If I had had a spare alternator and a trolley jack with me, it would probably have been quicker to drop the engine out, replace the alternator and refit the engine whilst I was waiting for the RAC patrol to turn up! This episode, was just one of the reasons that my dad and I decided to upgrade to a VW Type 4 style air-cooled engine, for which the cooling system is independent of the alternator-shaft or V-belt and the alternator can be replaced without removing the engine. [/QUOTE]
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