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| Installing the new alternator |
This week a Mitsubishi Pajero (Surplus) came in the shop and had an issue with the irratic charging rate of the alternator, in which sometimes it charges the battery and sometimes it doesn't.
Diagnosing and repairing electrical and alternators is a tricky thing as there are numerous factors especially with dealing with surplus units from Japan where the vehicle is converted from right hand drive to left hand drive. Given such, the wiring is also tricky to diagnose as it does not follow the typical set-up of those vehicles that are originally left hand drive.
In any matter, the simplest fix to the problem is to replace the alternator with a new one and observe whether the issue still persists. Luckily, replacing the alternator fixed the issue.
Oftentimes in mechanical work, it is not a sure thing but rather more like a trial and error by eliminating one cause unto the next to find the solution to the problem.
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