Gordon Thompson wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> Haven't been to the office for some time so I was mildly surprised at
> all of the Alpine traffic. You are a prolific bunch when it comes to
> your Sunbeams.
>
> A couple of people answered my initial posting and recommended I use
> another alternater rather than the original. I agree it was a pain and
> initially replaced it with a Chevy 396 externally regulated
> alternator. It fit the bracket, but was an inch or so behind the
> original. It looked weird as the fanbelt had the bends in it, but the
> thing worked.
>
<snip>
You could try looking for a double belt pully. It's two pullys together.
Mount it in place of the single pully. Then just put the belt into the
front groove.
That's how I put a Dalco one wire alternator into a '57 Hillman Minx.
Russell Hedges
'57 Hillman Minx
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Sep 05 2000 - 10:41:02 CDT