[Spridgets] Alternator Project

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Tim,
 
Nice job on your conversion.
I boughta bracket like the one you made.
Mine is one piece of metal with a bent ear to mount the alternator.
No welding involved. I was also able to use my original adjustment bracket
with the Bosch I was told i might need to get a different one.
I gote on hand from the hot rod parts store in my rea.
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--- On Tue, 7/10/12, Tim Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu> wrote:


From: Tim Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu>
Subject: [Spridgets] Alternator Project
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 1:33 PM


I just finished a "generator to alternator" conversion on my 1966 Austin
Healey Sprite. I took pics along the way showing the brackets I fabricated and
modifications to the alternator and voltage regulator. I used the VR as a
terminal block.

My philosophy along the way was to make mods to the alternator and not make
mods to the Sprite - like not shaving away the mounting bracket on the water
pump to get the belt in proper alignment. So all my mods can easily be
"undone" if I or a new owner should want to go back to a generator. (why?)

I also updated my wiring diagram to show the new wiring with the alternator
(and relays I added in my last project). A pic of the wiring diagram is
included.

The pics are at my Flickr album at the URL below.

Tim Collins
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12702006@N07/sets/ ------------------------

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