MAN, these things do not give you a break huh..

Had recently had an issue where my car wouldn't stay consistently charged.. Went camping when things were open in vic (regional at least any way), and in the morning the car was flat. Thankfully managed to get a jump and made my way home.

The car has been spending a bit of time sitting, but it was a weird one, as we drove an hour to get there. The car also seemed to be making a bit more noise than normal... like fan noise or something, couldn't put my finger on it.

Ended up sending it off to an Auto-elec here in Traralgon, as my missus was needing to head back into melbourne for family medical stuff. With her gone, the GQ is my only option for a car. I needed the car fixed basically.

Sent it off, came back that a fusebox/relay box that I'd installed in the front of my car was causing a parasitic draw. I also had them check my aircon as it was making a nasty noise when I turned it on, turns out I was low on Gas, so they filled it up. Thought it was weird that the relays would be causing draw seeing as they should be off when the car was off, but I figured I'd add it to the list of shit to look into when I had time and was happy shit was fixed (and cheaper than expected too).

Seeing as it seemed to be fixed (wasn't going flat), and I was feeling a bit better about the car being not broken for a change, I decided to have a crack at cleaning the engine bay. Didn't take a before, but this is the after (it's not much, but it's better).

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Anyway, missus left for melbourne yesterday, went to go get some dinner tonight. FIRST START WHILE ON MY OWN HERE:

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Wouldn't you know it, as soon as I started the car, the damn alternator starts smoking and catches fire. Thankfull I had the bonnet open in the shed so I spotted it immediately, turned the car off and no real harm.

So now I'm here with no car, thinking it was too good to be true that the auto-elec fixed the car so simply, and I was a dumbass that pushed the extra noise out of my head being optimistic.

Thinking I'll order an alternator express shipped and have a go at changing it myself.
I believe THIS is the right one, but it says TB42S and not E in the header, so I'll give them a call tomorrow to sus.

Anyone swapped the alternator for a tb42e? Should be straight forward right? Anything to look for?