Morris Minor Owners Club

bmcecosse wrote:Well - the meter seems ok, but it seems to me the alternator is running a bit on the low side - it should be 13.8/14 volts when running at decent revs - and pretty well holding at least 13.8 with headlights on. Is the belt tight enough - not slipping?

Hmmm yeah it's a bit of a head scratcher and hmmm possibly and yep there's no slipping I'm going to maybe go into my college soon and ask if I can do some tests on the battery and see If that's the problem as I just have that gut feeling it could be

Battery volts are fine when the engine is not running... I assume it cranks the engine well enough first thing in the morning? If so -can't see that being the problem. It does appear that the alternator is not working as it should be.......

bmcecosse wrote:Battery volts are fine when the engine is not running... I assume it cranks the engine well enough first thing in the morning? If so -can't see that being the problem. It does appear that the alternator is not working as it should be.......

Hmmm yeah well it does start yes we were having issues with the battery whilst on the dynamo

The whole kit was from ESM so should I maybe give them a call or what :S to be honest...... The can and pulpy was already fitted on the alternator when I got it and had a fair few scratches and marks and paint chips over it and had a slight thought it may have been sent back because of an issue with it

You may have hit the nail on the head.When I had my computer business I had a large amount of parts from one supplier that were DOA.It turned out that to save employing a techie to test returns they were sending them out to other buyers.If they also reported a fault they knew the part was faulty and not just user error.Needless to say I binned them.

I believe we have recently seen a number of people reporting faulty alternators - and sending them back.. If it was mine - it WOULD be going right back. You've wired it up correctly - it's not working as it should. In fact - tell them to send another GUARANTEED TO BE WORKING - and a return label for you to send back the faulty one at NO cost to you.

What he said.

Hmmmm well I think I'm gunna have to but does that mean I'm going to have to take the loom and brackets out aswell? or would they just send a new alt Just an absolute joke .... I went with ESM as well i trust them and people say there conversions and great and simple...... And you kinda expect when spending over £60 excluding the VAT on one item you would get one working

yep send it back if its not working

Ask them just to send a TESTED WORKING alternator for you to swap in.....and then you send back the faulty unit on their return label. Don't hesitate to mention the apparent poor performance of their alternator is being discussed on the MMOC forum!

bmcecosse wrote:Ask them just to send a TESTED WORKING alternator for you to swap in.....and then you send back the faulty unit on their return label. Don't hesitate to mention the apparent poor performance of their alternator is being discussed on the MMOC forum!

Yep I shall ill give them a call on Tuesday when I'm free but don't you worry I will definitely be letting them know might give them the kick up the ass they need xD

Don't go too hard till you have a good working alternator on the car....or they may go 'silent' on you...

bmcecosse wrote:Don't go too hard till you have a good working alternator on the car....or they may go 'silent' on you...

Haha don't sorry xD I'm not hard at all I'm just a big ginger softy but I will tell them that the owners club has been having many problems with these alts and blah blah blah

OMG don't say that!!!! LOL!!!

tysonn wrote:OMG don't say that!!!! LOL!!!

say what

SSh! don't mention the owners' club.We don't want to get sued.

tysonn wrote:SSh! don't mention the owners' club.We don't want to get sued.

Haha yeah but they need to sort this cruddy service