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

[harold losey <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doc,

I remedied the steering box problem by moving my alternators in my 6cyl Gremlins(2) to the passenger side.

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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"
>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:36:31 -0600
> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: soon to be another gremlin on the road
>
> 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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