update: Re: [Shotimes] uh oh, mtx alt pulley differences?

[Ian Fisher]

hmmm...good point. Does anyone know?

Do armatures go bad? I think my 93 alt was dying but
it may have just been a bad battery clamp connection..

Ian

--- Bill Murray <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com> wrote:

> If the cases really are the same, that means the
> armature is different between the two as well as the
> pulley.  Can you swap the armature from your 93 alt
> into the 90 case?
> 
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com>
> Date: 11/01/05 04:57 PM
> To: techsho@topica.com, shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: update: Re: [Shotimes] uh oh, mtx alt
> pulley differences?
> 
> Yup, I'm an idiot.
> 
> The earlier pulley has a longer snout on it. I
> compared the OEM 90 vs OEM 93 vs 93 UDP
> 
> Therefore I can:
> 
> 1. Install the chrome 1990 alt with an OEM pulley on
> it and be done with it.
> 
> 2. Find a way to get the earlier UDP and use that
> 
> 3. Install the chrome 90 with an OEM pulley, have my
> dying 93 alternator beadblasted, powdercoated and
> rebuilt, swap it back in with my UDP and sell the
> beautiful 1990 chrome unit.
> 
> 4. Steal the correct UDP.
> 
> hmm..I am going to try to contact Josh or the
> SHOshop.
> 
> I should've gone with the 94-95 3G alternator. =)
> 
> Oh well, I learned a few things today!
> 
> Ian
> 
> --- Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I seem to recall that when I ordered my UDP's
> there
> > was some concern over when my car was built (93
> > mtx).
> > The SHOshop UDP set that I was shipped via SHOnut
> > worked fine for many years. 
> > 
> > I recently had a 1990 alternator powdercoated
> > chrome.
> > I've run into problems while installing the
> pulley.
> > A
> > good friend of mine thought that the shaft hadn't
> > fully pulled through the front of the case upon
> > reassembly because the UDP is rubbing the case.
> > However the pulley seems to be sitting on the
> shaft
> > in
> > the proper orientation, thread depth, etc. I guess
> > the
> > best test would be to see if the orginal 1990
> pulley
> > fits it properly and if the 93 oem pulley rubs as
> > well. I should still have both floating around. I
> > will
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