One of the newere, or older companies makes small case alternators in single wire. There is also a street rod company, or was, that makes fake generators! They are alternators in a generator style case. I don't know if the come in dingy faded black paint though :[ Probably only available in the stupid blinding shiny stuff.... -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 " I was different before people dared to be different" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > -- Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On the way home I was a little ticked as it was $10 I > > could not spare and I did not know how I was going to get my car fixed, > > so I floored it and ran it up to about 80 mph, about as fast as that > > little 196 would haul the classic. About a 1/4 mile later the light went > > out! > > Yeah, Andrew's probably right, you ground the dirt off the commutator! And > Joe's point about polarizing... since it was used there probably was some > remanent magnetic field left, but... spinning it at 80mph might have fixed > that too! > > Yeah, I don't recall a gennie on a car of mine that died except from my > fiddling. The lack of useful charge below 2000 rpm is what sucks. Highway > OK, but in traffic at night? > > I wish there was a small (30 - 40 amp) "one wire" alt. The big alternator's > case is too large I think for the 195.6. I have some core AMC Motorola's > I'll peek at. > > It ain't broke so I won't fix it; but I know that it will eventually break! > I'll probably install a voltmeter in the dash if I can find one that looks > right. > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list