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A French thing is about right, whenever you work on French cars, particularly the brakes, it's always best to take the old parts with you as a pattern, instantly making yourself very popular the bloke behind the counter for making his job slightly less than impossible.
Most Japanese cars will have two possible front brake pads, easily distinguished, the rears are pretty well universal to a model and rarely change when the model does, Mercs can have a couple of sets for both front and rear, French can have anything up to four possibles for each end.
A tip for you home mechanics, when you first get your car and strip the brakes for cleaning/lubing, make a stencil of the pads both the friction material and the backing plate on a sheet of paper or card and slot those sheets into the service file, that will save you much time annoyance and money in the future when you can buy parts when on offer and be certain they are the right ones...same with air/oil/pollen filters, when you check or change them make a note of the part numbers for the future.
Some sites offer diagrams and dimensions of brake pads so with your stencil at hand online buying is effortless.
As for the alternator query, can these modern alternators be rebuilt any more, either by the competent home mechanic or by an electrical shop (assuming you have a few days grace whilst it's fixed), i ask because its ages since i had to replace or even a fit a new brush pack to an alternator so wondering what the score is currently (hoho), our cars are Japanese, Landcruiser/Forester.
Edited by gordonbennet on 21/12/2018 at 11:38
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