RE: [BaadAssGremlins] A Little Tweaking

[Hal <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doc & Bill,
If you find a 232/258 with air on the passenger side,
the alt mounts under the a/c compressor bracket. I
have one on my 74 Gremmie and one waiting for my 70.
My 76 gets a 304 so don't know there yet. I can take
pics if you would like. Neither of my I6 Gremlins have
a/c, only the bracket.
Hal

--- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On the Alt. I went big buck and bought a one wire
> like Hal said, but a
> brand new 100 amp one from Kennedy American. There
> is also somthing you
> have to do with the wiring to make the idiot light
> work. I didn't bother
> as I have an Auto Meter volt meter in the factory
> gauge pod under the
> dash. If you have power steering and it is a 74 you
> are in for some
> bracket modifications and other work to make it fit.
> Clearance with a
> car with power steering and the alt. is very very
> close. Check the AMX
> Files a few days back as I gave a detailed
> description on how mine as
> done. I didn't physically do it myself due to poor
> health but supervised
> and had machining done at another friends shop  and
> worked with my
> friend who did the final installation at his shop. I
> also got the part
> no# from a guy on the AMX files for a 1/4" shorter
> belt that helped. If
> you need the no# let me know. It was a real pain of
> a job but it was
> well worth what I had to spend to get rid of that
> old Motorola crap that
> was in the car.
> "Doc"
> 
> > To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "William Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:50:56 -0800
> Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] A Little Tweaking
> 

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Doc, when you do a conversion like your talking about
here, with the alt., do you have to have a delco
voltage regulator also? What kind of donor car will
work and what years? Thanks Bill Id. 



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From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx
Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,MacsOrphanCarGroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] A Little Tweaking
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:11:56 -0500

I think I finally got the manual choke to work
properly but you never
know with this car. For the 2 1/2 years I have had
this car everything
is an up hill battle whether it is a big or small job.
The true test
will be when I go out to start it this morning. Since
I replaced that
horrible 35 amp Motorola Alt. with a 100 amp Delco I
still have a minor
clearance problem between the alt. and the steering
box that needs to be
addressed. What a pain the so called bolt in was with
all the
modifications that were needed to make it fit. I now
need to grind a
little off the edge of the top cover of the steering
box and a bit off
alt. housing itself. All I really need is 3/16-1/4
inch of clearance. My
friends shop is slow so I want to get all these little
annoying things
done. For anyone still using a Motorola alt. in their
AMC it was well
worth the work to convert it to a Delco. With every
elect. accessory on
the Delco charges a steady 14.5 volts with the
Motorola it dropped from
14.5 to 11-12. I plan on adding an electric auxiliary
cooling fan also
for extreme hot weather conditions when the A/C is on.
I plan on putting
a lot of miles on this car this summer. Last year from
Feb to Dec it was
in my friends shop getting the interior done. It's
also out of the 3
cars I have the only one with working A/C. What a
pleasant surprise it
was to find the system has held the charge for almost
2 years without
being used. :-) 
"Doc"



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