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Originally Posted by FA-18C View Post
I would have had mine rebuilt, but essentially it was so stuck in the housing we essentially destroyed to get it out for replacement. I think the alternator was 30 years old. The new Bosch was faster for me, OTW the Valeo would have been my choice. I bought from an alternate vendor and the replacement warranty made it worth the risk. To be clear, no reason to wander from JW's path on this, certainly not on my 9 months of "looks good!"
When did Bosch start making new 911 3.2 alternators? Where's a reference link?
In the past, Bosch used their rebuilding network to just rebuild Valeo cores.

Bosch stopped providing Porsche alternators in the early '70s. Bosch re-started Porsche alternator production with the 964 in '89.
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