Craig,
The important thing is to get an alternator that matches up with the
connector on your wiring harness. For instance, I had to get one classified as
for a 78 to match up with the connector on my new wiring harness from British
Wiring. Fortunately, AutoZone had the correct one available.
Bud
"Craig D. Niederst" wrote:
> Took the suspect alternator from my '71 B to the local AutoZone (thanks Bud)
> for a bench test, and as I thought, only putting out ~7 V. They had a
> rebuilt alternator w/ a lifetime warranty for $65, which was a pretty good
> deal. Now here's the question. I was under the impression from Moss
> catalogs, etc, that '69-'71 alternators used a 5 pin plug, but since they
> are no longer available, a 3 pin plug model should be used (model used on
> '72-'74 MGB's) w/ a plug converter. My '71 apparently was already converted,
> since it has a 3 pin plug and had a 3 pin alternator (a rebuilt unit, BTW).
> When I ordered my alternator from AutoZone today, I ordered it for a '73
> MGB. Was my reasoning correct here, or did I just order the wrong
> alternator? TIA.
>
> Craig
> '71 B
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