Subject: RE: alternator kit wanted

A good Bosch or Marelli should come up with 30 amps . The most common
conversion alternator is the 55 amp unit from a 1000cc Geo Metro. The
little Hitachi used on Kubotas also has some potential (electrician's
pun ,sorry) with it's 45 amp rating. There is also a very cute 40 amp
unit found on some Merc outboards that should be an easy swap.
Now for the down side: None of the above units have an enviable
reliability rating among the rebuilders who work on them. It seems they
have a habit of open rotor-itis . It may however be that when used on
our little loopsicles at lower curent draws out in the air flow the open
rotor thing will be a non issue.
Our Ol' bud Tom can tell you what the life expectancy of a V-dub
Generator is when deprived it's much needed cooling air !

I have a new Nippondenso 55 amp unit from a Geo Metro and if no one
picks up these two old scrappers from my garage there will be a 1972-5/6
Eldo sporting an alternator this spring !
Greg Field wrote:

I'd like an alternator, too, just for the extra amps.

That said, the gen keeps up with the headlight, two spots, and an
electric vest on my Eldo, so I don't know why I would bother.

GF

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Some time ago there was a discussion about upgrading the generator
on an Ambo to a nice little alternator off a Japanese car. There
was even fairly detailed instructions given in a web page, which I
saved a local copy of.

The sticky bit is the lathe work. Access to a lathe is, for me,
only a little less difficult than access to a fissionable
materials. (And I don't work in a power plant - I'm a computer
programmer.)

So the punchline:

Does anybody make, or would they like to make, a bolt-on kit
for the alternator upgrade? I understand that I'd be paying
for convenience, so it would cost some $$$.

What prompted this: I bought an electric vest (and just in time
for spring, too!) and am worried that the stock electrical
system may be, ummm, marginal for this application.

Bill Dudley
'72 Ambassador
'71 Norton Commando
a mess o' Hondas
Jackson, NJ
http://www.casano.com/dudley

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Subject: RE: alternator kit wanted

Author: Gary Cheek

Date: Mar 7, 2002, 2:38 PM

Post ID: 1709801568

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