The brushes haven't been replaced, and in the time I've owned the Land Cruiser (7 years / ~20k miles since purchase) the alternator hasn't been replaced...haven't had a need to...I had the alternator checked last weekend after the cooling system (and belts/pulleys) was replaced and it was...
I live in Vancouver, WA and work in Portland, OR...I don't think it gets old enough to actually WORRY about dying and the CCA. Bare minimum for me looks to be about 450 CCA. I've never had any issues with Interstate batteries, so maybe this was just a fluke from Costco.
I looked at the...
I just did a full cooling update to include new belts and pulley's...thus far I haven't seen any issue...it sat for three days and started right up, so it could have been something there. It's not my DD so I'll test it some more.
I've read through a lot of posts about batteries...when I purchased my battery four years ago, Costco told me that I needed the "24F" battery (Interstate). I picked it up but it's never seemed to get the job done. There are no parasitic drains on the system but if left sitting for 3-5 days, the...