Johnyboy18
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Registered: 17th Feb 04
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my alternator is going to be replaced. 180 pounds to replace it with a brand new one plus labour (corsa sport 1.4)? is this a good price? thanks john
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Siberia
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scraper 30 quid.... about 30 mins work....
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Johnyboy18
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anyone else?
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Johnyboy18
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apparently its an expensive part
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GazBevan
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would cost you about 80 quid for a re-manufactured one(same as new condition) from halfords if you return your old one after fitting the new one. i had to replace my alternator a few months back, bought my mates old one off his old 1400 8v engine, took about 25 mins to fit, just getting the tension right on the alternator belt was a lil tricky to get it to stop squeeling wihtout overtightening it. cheaper for you to buy a haynes manual and get a bit of hands on experiance by doing it yourself, maybe get a mate to help you out, just a thought..
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CorsAsh
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As said above, can get them from Halfords for between 80 and 100 quid, they give you about 20 quid for your old one.
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Adam_B
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if they want £180 there charging you over £100 just for labor, its going to take them less than an hour, so no its not really a good price 
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Adam_B
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also, dont bother going to halfords for it, look in your yellow pages for a local autofactors or someone that specialises in rotating electrics, i garantee it will be cheaper than halfords 
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chr15barn3s
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i just bought one from a scrap yard for £25 and fitted it myself. That was a 1.4 8v though but i wouldnt think it will be much harder to fit
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Luke1.4
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10404&item=4546042826&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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IntaCepta
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thats quite expensive, u can pick up a redone alternator for 70-80£, or just goto the junkyard and get one for 30£.
and hour's labour max = £30. but you could probably fit it yourself, not very hard at all.
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Johnyboy18
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Registered: 17th Feb 04
Location: Chelmsford Drives: ibiza cupra
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okey, thanks for the input people. very helpful
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