thanks to all who answered my grief stricken post about alternators. If some one wants to tell me what it will cost to get a front housing or the whole alternator to me and I can take the housing off I will probably go that route for now. When the firewall forward resto work gets scheduled was really when I planned to install the delco on a 401, so for now the motorola will be faster to get back into the car. thanks again Armand