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Re: Parts needed

To: Andy Walker <awtiger@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Parts needed
From: Doug Mallory <rdmallory@earthling.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:49:08 -0500
I have a couple of original generator brackets I will let go for $25 each. But
I would recommend you get the CAT Alternator bracket and a small Alternator
with a built in regulator from a scrap yard.

Doug

Andy Walker wrote:

> Hey, guys:
>
> I've been needing to do this for a long time but just haven't done it for
> one reason or another (none of them good...).  The PO of my Tiger put a
> hipo generator pulley on instead of a factory pulley.  He thought he was
> going to have a really wild motor in the car and his objective, of course,
> was to slow down the revolutions of the generator at high engine rpm.
> However, to accomplish this he had to put all kinds of weird spacers on the
> generator mounting ears on the bracket to get the darn generator to line up
> with the other pulleys involved.  It works but looks horrible!!!  He also
> had to go with what I think is an alternator adjuster slide (the piece that
> runs from the water pump over to the bottom of the generator).  It is
> definitely not the right bracket.
>
> By now you have no doubt figured out that I am begging for an original
> generator pulley and lower adjuster slide bracket.  If it makes any
> difference, the car is a Mk1A,  B382001600.  I would be eternally grateful
> for any help.
>
> Thanks much,
> Andy Walker
>
> BTW:  I'd like to post some pictures of my Tiger on the internet just to
> show you "coasters" what a nice "landlocked" Tiger looks like.  Anybody
> know where I could post them?  I have access to a scanner but, I must
> admit, this type of thing is all new to me.  I'd have to be walked through
> it.  But, if there is any interest, I'll sure try it!


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