[MR2] Dash lights flash

[Donald Chalfant]

What was the nature of the failure?  I had a car with a factory misalignment 
of the crank, idler  and alternator pulley and it ate alternators until the 
dealer got tired of putting on new and put on a new idler bracket.  It was 
sorta of fun as I'd pointed out the misalignment the first time I took it 
back for the grinding noises and the service manager pooh poohed the idea. 
Second time, all the service department looked at it and twisted their toes 
but  no mech wanted to say anything.  Third time was the charm.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Schultz" <bob-schultz at comcast.net>
To: "'Benn'" <benn at sonic.net>; <mr2 at mr2.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MR2] Dash lights flash


:I bought my 86 in 1987 and the first one failed around 50,000 miles.
: At the time there was no such thing as a rebuild so I ended up at the 
dealer
: paying a fortune for a new one.  That one failed 2 years later and I 
started
: putting on lifetime guaranteed rebuilds.  In the 10 years I owned the car 
I
: went through a lifetime guaranteed rebuilt alternator 2 more times.
:
: I know the rebuilds aren't worth much but given that 2 oem units failed
: before 100,000 miles, well that isn't normal Toyota quality.
:
:
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Benn
: Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:06 PM
: To: mr2 at mr2.com
: Subject: Re: [MR2] Dash lights flash
:
: Huh?  Likely just the brushes are worn out...hardly seems a quality issue,
: unless they wore out at 50k or something.
: Benn
:
: > Sure sounds like an intermittently failing Alternator.
: >
: > The alternators on these are not quite up to what you would expect of
: > Toyota
: > quality...
:
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