Rick-
I use a GM alternator on my Rover engine, mounting it on the passenger side
head (left hand drive). I made my bracket first from a piece of 1/8" steel,
then later, duplicated it in aluminum. Start with a piece of metal about 6"
x 3", drill holes to match the threaded bosses on the front of the head.
Bolt the piece to the head, hold the alternator up to the head to get an
approximate location, with the mounting lug down. Eyeball a spot on the flat
metal to line up with the mounting lug, drill & tap for a threaded rod, head
stud, etc. Use a "J" shaped adjuster arm from Pep Boys, coming off the extra
hole on the Buick 300 water pump you are surely using. A piece of tubing
over the threaded rod is your spacer to position the alternator to line up
with the crank & water pump pullies. This is your starting point. If
everything does not clear, drill a new hole for the threaded rod.When you
are happy with the location, copy the original plate onto a new one, bend up
a support bracket from the oil pump housing to the outer end of the threaded
rod.
The alternator used is a 3 wire from mid '70's Chevy. Choice of outputs from
45-100 amps. Buy a rebuilt 63 amp from Track Auto, Pep Boys, Auto Zone, etc
for about $40.00, maybe less.
If this is not clear, ask away. If necessary, I will try to get a photo to
e-mail you, or try to make adrawing.
Jim Stuart
Rick Huber wrote:
> Hi V8 ers,
>
> Been chasing electrical problems for the last few weeks. Something was
> draining the battery when it was off, fixed that but the battery wasn't
> working right. Tested OK once then 9 days later tested bad. Put in a
> new battery and then a couple of days later the ignition light started
> coming on about 5 minutes after starting - alternator getting hot.
> Tested the alternator and now it tests bad.
>
> It's a Rover - Lucus alternator I got from Glen to fit on his cast
> aluminum mounting bracket on the passenger side of the engine. I really
> wanted to go with the GM alternator set up, but for some reason he
> wouldn't sell me the mount, so I went with the Rover set up. So now
> that I've got a bad alternator and Glen's phone doesn't answer, I've got
> a couple of questions.
>
> Does anybody have or know where I can find the GM alternator mount and
> can you tell me which alternator to buy ?
>
> Much less desirable alternative - does anybody have or know where I can
> find a replacement Rover alternator ?
>
> It's quite frustrating to have spent so much time on this conversion and
> now to keep having these seemingly unrelated electrical problems.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick
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