[BaadAssGremlins] was another gremlin on the road/now Alternators

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My son's 72 Javelin had a 35 amp Motorola but no A/C and when you had
the lights on and the defroster and the elect wipers it was barely
marginal. Then turn on the stereo and the head lights would go dim. It
finally died. His friends father had an ignition repair shop and built
him a custom 65 amp Motorola which lasted a week and re-built it again
and now it has been good for 1 1/2 years but the car is not driven
regularly. There is supposed to be clearance problems putting a Delco in
a V8 AMC with A/C on the compressor. On the 74 and older Gremlin's and
Hornets with a 6 cyl there is a steering box clearance problem putting a
Delco in if you have power steering due to the larger box. Most of the
long time members here remember what I had to go through to put a Delco
in my orange car 1 1/2 years ago. Modifying brackets, machining the
Motorola fan to fit the delco and finding a 1/2" shorter belt and
shiming the drivers side motor mount. The alt housing and steering box
still needs to be ground a little for clearance.   
But turn on all the electric's in the car and it still charges 14.5
volts. Do that in my other Hornet with the Motorola and it drops from
14.5 to just below 12 volts.
"Doc"



 
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• From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:36:31 -0600

AMC also used a 55 amp Motorola.  I think this was only on V8's with A/C. 

Todd

On Tuesday 06 December 2005 05:53, AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What year Gremlin is it and does it have a Motorola or Delco alternator?
> The Motorola only puts out 35 amps and I believe the Delco is 65 amps. I
> put a heavy duty 100 amp Delco in place of the 35 amp stock Motorola.
> Both should charge 14.5 Volts. Any more and the battery would cook and
> any less  and the battery would be weak.
> "Doc"
>

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