Ls400 mine, where's the longevity in this eh ?

[Colin M]

Glad to hear it is back and sorted, Malc. I had my alternator replaced by Lexus Wolverhampton about 3 years ago on my 1997 LS400 at around 222,000 miles - no record in service history of it having been replaced previously, so the one replaced may or may not have been the original. I also had the starter motor replaced at the same time free of charge as there had been a recall for replacement and the starter motor on mine had not been replaced. The reason for the replacement was that there was a remote risk of fire on the original fitment.

[Texas]

At that sort of mileage then As the Altenator was the original factory fitted one ( I believe it was, come on it's a LS have the faith) then I personally would have liked to see/replace the brushes as these are a wear item and easily replaceable ( not sure on the actual removal of the Altenator in the first place though!) Thats why it's an 'Exchange Item' spare part as the fix could cost pennies!

paul m.

[Malc]

don't they have coils to be rewound too and stuff like that ?  not just simply a set of £2 brushes I bet !

Otherwise my indy would have just replaced the brushes and saved me £296 and added 10 mins to his labour cost .........  he charges me parts at cost price to him

I think our alternators are a little buried down in the depths, unlike the Honda Legend he recently changed which was a doddle, lying almost on the top and easy peasy to deal with 

Malc

our Honda Legend alternator lasted about 50% the life of my Lexus one