I've just bought from alternatorsnstarters.co.uk, a 140amp part (not seen the box yet and they didnt say the makers name, but the part number quoted was AEK2808). £149.99 delivered. Did I do ok, does anyone know ? My Marelli original is giving up, on a 16v 1.9 JTD registered in 2007 with 50,000 miles on it. It now smells & whirrs, and I have had the cataclysmic moment where power steering, ABS, airbags etc all went (though the car got me+wife+baby home another 30 miles). Did anyone conclude with certainty that you can take the alternator out from the top following CrazyJo's notes, only my mechanic is preferring the idea of taking out drive shaft etc ? Can anything be done with the old one other than the obvious if/when I finally get my lovely leather seated Eleganza back on the road ? Does anyone want to fit it for me, I pay cash and live near Cambridge ?