- 1. GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:08:02 -0800
- Who'd a thought? My Lucas alternator crapped out on me! I've bought a 60 amp GM alternator and plan on using the installation instructions on Paul Tegler's web-site. Has anyone else done this particu
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00516.html (7,692 bytes)
- 2. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:21:14 -0500
- Only problem with the GM is it is 1/2 the size of the engine! It just looks wrong (IMHO) I have successfully installed a couple dozen Jap alternators, the Subaru and/or Ford Festiva alts are very sma
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00521.html (8,211 bytes)
- 3. RE: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:31:01 -0500
- No disrespect intended here, guys, so please don't take the following Anytime I hear someone whining about "Lord Lucas, Prince of Darkness" (or something equally dumb), I can't help thinking: Another
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00525.html (9,654 bytes)
- 4. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:40:44 -0600 {sentby:smtp 192.190.246.2 authed with dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com} with any abuse report
- Sounds like you had better styart knocking on wood, Bud ;-) I agree with you as far as the wiring harness and switches are concerned, I love the consistent colour scheme and the ease of diagnosis, b
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00527.html (9,350 bytes)
- 5. RE: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:01:40 -0600
- Ditto on the Japanese alternator....mine is a Hitachi one-wire unit often found on Toyota, Nissan, Datsun pickups of the early 80s vintage. It's been flawless, looks like it is supposed to be there,
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00530.html (8,636 bytes)
- 6. RE: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:20:08 -0500
- I guess I'm just a firm believer that one makes one's own luck. Also, if you look hard enough, you should be able to find someone who can be trusted to rebuild your Lucas alternator, or generator to
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00539.html (10,789 bytes)
- 7. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:19:04 -0600
- Nail on the Head!!!! 1000 times over!! <<They aren't that complicated, really.>> People forget our cars where built TO the K.I.S.S. Rule and the try to violate same. THANKS!! Ed
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00540.html (7,788 bytes)
- 8. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:24:48 -0500
- Jim, I was in need of an alternator for my '74 and happened to have a GM alternator laying around the garage. Followed Paul's instructions and everything worked great. You will however need to pay cl
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00542.html (9,018 bytes)
- 9. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:36:08 -0600 reply-type=original {sentby:smtp 24.15.214.89 authed with dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com} with any abuse report
- And the ultimate KISS is to just leave the car in the garage and drive an El Camino, right? I would rather drive my Midget, thank you very much. My AC Delco alternator lets me do just that. Also giv
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00544.html (8,516 bytes)
- 10. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:47:45 -0600
- <<1972 Midget that gets driven And my El Caminos are OLDER than that, David!! And for da*ned sure get DRIVEN!!! When's the last time you drove to Texas?? Or Calif to Ill?? Oh yeah, was over in Ohio w
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00547.html (8,433 bytes)
- 11. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:49:30 GMT
- Absolutely. There's nothing un-KISS about a simple alternator conversion or installing relays either....comes under heading of a better mousetrap is all. Cap'n. Bob '60 :{)
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00549.html (7,933 bytes)
- 12. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:56:15 -0500
- Sorry Ed, Ear warmers in a Spridget. Larry -- Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu System Administrator/Manager Neuropsychiatry Section Department of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania 3400
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00551.html (9,306 bytes)
- 13. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:00:19 -0800
- http://www.onefastmgb.com/pages/6/index.htm Check this conversion out. I did this on my MGB and plan on doing it when the Lucas dies on my spridget. Fits just like the lucas and about the same size,
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00552.html (8,733 bytes)
- 14. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:59:48 -0600
- <<Ear warmers in a Spridget. >> NOT for "sandles" David L., Larry!!!!!!!!!!! <G> Besides, with your SCARF???????????????????????
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00553.html (8,829 bytes)
- 15. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:09:15 -0600 reply-type=original {sentby:smtp 24.15.214.89 authed with dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com} with any abuse report
- Well, Ed, I did drive through Texas just last April as a matter of fact. It happened to be on my way to the Grand Canyon. I put close to 20,000 miles on the Midget last year. GM alternator never ski
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00554.html (9,182 bytes)
- 16. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:18:15 -0500
- Note that the mounting on an MGB is different than an Spridget. You can do almost the same thing, but it is not exact. The tensioner/ adjuster is laid out different. Larry -- Larry Macy 78 Midget Kee
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00555.html (9,298 bytes)
- 17. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:26:23 -0600 reply-type=original {sentby:smtp 24.15.214.89 authed with dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com} with any abuse report
- Dunno bout dat, Larry, I have swapped MGB alternators onto Midgets without being able to tell them apart.
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00557.html (8,367 bytes)
- 18. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:43:00 -0800
- All the mounting points on the Saturn alternator once rotated where identical to the Lucas unit, that included angles and distance. The only mod I did was to put a thread insert in the hole for the t
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00558.html (9,681 bytes)
- 19. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:40:16 -0500
- Larry has one of them ther triumph midgets ;) Everything is wrong on them. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00559.html (8,738 bytes)
- 20. Re: GM Alternator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:46:41 -0500
- OK, Works for me. YMMV, mine did ;-) Larry -- Larry Macy 78 Midget Keep your top down and your chin up. Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu System Manager/Administrator Neuropsychiatry Sectio
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00560.html (10,361 bytes)
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