alternator seized
 

hi all a little story
last night about 10.30 im driving home theres been a noise now and then for a few days on my 940 diesel well just passing stoke station the noise suddenly got really bad then a burning smell all the dash lights came on . i stopped straight away . could see it was the alternator . so a little panic i have a spare one at home so parked car on stoke station £24 bill this morning for 2 days ouch ! got taxi home £12 ouch . phone a guy this morning said just cut belt and drive steady home so no fan/alterntor working and off i went 4miles to home and alls well put spare alternator on and back on the road wish i had got in touch last night but it was late !!! some very helpful guys on this forum !!!

Awesome result, well done. Very rare thing to happen.

Yeah some of use would've removed the belt right away saving those dastardly parking charges,
but you got it home eventually.

I sympathise with jpliddy. I don’t think that I would have thought of cutting the belt to get me home. It’s worth remembering though.

Hmmm, a slightly skew-whiff way of looking at this is £36 for getting the car home and a replacement alternator isn't too bad.

However, it's still an unwanted expense but at least you got it sorted with minimum fuss Jim. :thumbs_up:

PS - i've not forgotten your resistor, i had a tidy up recently and just can't find the resistors at the moment! Been hectic just lately and haven't had a chance to mount an in-depth search! ;) :D