Re: step by step guide

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

This actually came up last summer and the difficulty of the swap depends 
upon the car you have. I put together a page on this subject on my site at 
http://www.mattsoldcars.com/RestoreAmerican/delco10si.shtml. Power Master 
makes an alternator that bolts right in and I now have one of those in my 
car after the modified Delco bit the dust in Kenosha last year. Also, my 
car has a six cylinder with power steering and I had to use a half inch 
shorter belt to get proper tension. This is likely only a problem on the 
small body cars with power steering.

Matt

At 08:25 PM 3/3/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> RATS................
>
> I'm not havin a good AMC day !
>
> I've been away from the tools for too long. I forgot
> the first rule of thumb that should have been automatic
> but since I hung up my tool belt and started pushing
> pencils, I forgot that you don't overstress alloy parts,
> they just can't take it. I broke the ear off my 35 year old
> Motorola alternator. Yes it had been on the car unmolested
> since December of 1969. I had to loosen it to get the belt
> off and a bolt broke. I drilled a hole in the bolt and stuck
> the easy out in it, and as the easy out went in further to bite
> the bolt it broke off the ear, damn that was stupid, and my
> trusty old Motorola is now worthless, oh well guess I'll have
> to figure out how to install that 76 GM style alternator, or
> maybe the 79 alternator I have both. Does any one know of
> a website that gives step by step instruction on how to swap
> in the later alternators into a 1970 car?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Armand

mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1966 Rambler Rebel
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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