Re:Delco Alt. Conversion On A 258

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

My method was somewhat cruder, I just sawed a little bit off each vane and
widened the adjusting slot in the upper support to fit the Delco span.
;)

Ken

Quoting "Mr. AMC" <AMC74Hornet@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Matt's site is very informative. I used the Dayco belt he said to use on
> my Delco conversion on my 74 258 Hornet. I assumed that the Ambo's and
> Matadors were wider cars than the Hornets and Americans and that there
> would not be a steering box clearance problem with a power steering car.
> Here are the problems I encountered. Since the Delco alt fan hits the
> bracket I know it is a "C" style bracket.
> My cure was to remove the fan from the Motorola alt and have it drilled
> out to the Delco shaft size and add a washer for it to clear the alt.
> housing on the Delco. You don't have to worry about the key way in the
> motorola fan. Next with that solved I installed the alt only to find
> that I could not get it close enough to the engine to install the belt
> The alt fan now clears but hits the "C" bracket when you try to get the
> belt on. You now need to cut the "C" bracket for clearance and weld on a
> piece of metal to re-enforce it where you cut it. Now you can install
> the belt that Matt recommends which is 1/4 inch shorter than the stock
> one. I still have a minor clearance problem between the alt.and the
> steering box that I have to get around to fixing buy grinding a little
> off the steering box and the alt housing. To be truthful I found this to
> be one pain of a job but love that 100 amp Delco over that 35 amp
> Motorola crap. You can turn on every electrical accessory and the amp
> meter doesn't move off of 16 amps. My other Hornet with the Motorola the
> amps drop from 14 to a little below 12 amps. I hope this helps.
> "Doc"
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