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Hi all

I run a 90 with a 3.9EFI engine out of a disco. I want to upgrade the alternator from the existing 85amp unit.

The land rover part number is YLE10099 it has a ribbed belt.

Would anybody know what would be a straight swap which would take me to say 100 or 130amps. Preferrably I would want new and not second hand.

I have already upgraded the wiring.

Thanks in advance

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Hi all

I run a 90 with a 3.9EFI engine out of a disco. I want to upgrade the alternator from the existing 85amp unit.

The land rover part number is YLE10099 it has a ribbed belt.

Would anybody know what would be a straight swap which would take me to say 100 or 130amps. Preferrably I would want new and not second hand.

I have already upgraded the wiring.

Thanks in advance

185 amp premier power alternator

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Thanks I have upgraded the wiring but not to cope with 185amps!

Is there not a rover part which was fitted to other V8's with a higher ampage and would be a straight fit?

If it has a polyvee belt, I think the aircon equipped V8 Discoverys were either 100 or 120 amps which should be a straight swap.

It is not that hard to change them around anyway, when the alternator on my old 3.9 went phut I had an a/c Discovery Tdi one fitted (also 100 amp) which only needed minor modifications to the mounting to make it fit and it was still working fine when I sold the vehicle.

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There is also the issue of weight, particularly weight high up with the effect on centre of gravity resulting in lack of stability when cornering, even on flat grass.................

:hysterical:

I bought a new 120amp marreli unit at sodbury last year , the chap selling it said it was from a P38 ,just swapped the ribbed pulley for a 13 mm V pulley and ran it as a second alternator from the air con pulley on the crank .

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