On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:32:14 +0000, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Andy Dingley wrote:
Lucas alternators are rubbish. Fit a Bosch. Japanese alternators are
great, but not weatherproof.

Gosh, that'll make Japanese cars very unreliable, then.

Japanese cars have a bonnet. Tractors don't.

Their alternators are small and have high outputs, on account of good
cooling airflow. However the open ended cases that permit the airflow
also let rain in.

If you have a Tonka toy 4x4 and you get it wet, then alternator problems
are likely, in a way that rarely arises with Landies.