RE: [BaadAssGremlins] A Little Tweaking

[Terry.Atkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Got a question for you. How does the belt go to the alternator. If I remember 
correctly my alternator runs off the A/C compressor. I often wonder what I 
would do if the compressor would lock up. I did start my Gremlin over the 
weekend. It started right up. I wanted to take it for a drive but it was 
raining. Next winter I hope I have a garage at my house. I finally got all my 
kids out of my mothers house. I hope to sale it over the summer and build me a 
garage. The house is in real bad shape but it does have a decent garage. I 
hope I get enough out of it to build me a decent garage. 
Terry


> 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. 
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 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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