Gutted !
I went to Germany 2 years ago, spent weeks getting a car ready, blew several gearboxes up the week that we were leaving, were still fixing it the morning of the ferry so we left late and after all that the bastard dropped a valve going through Brussels !
Somethings just aren't to be eh !
If its tired I wouldn't track it anyway as it will probably end up screwing up a lot more than a alternator !