Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Motorola Alternators and Prestolite ignition modules

[Hal <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

With that set up the swap is a "Breeze" the alternator
should bolt right up with the max clearance and then
you just need to convert your wiring as the Delco i a
single wire hook up. I have this on my 74 258 Gremmie,
and another set up for my 70 when that one gets ready
for the road. Neithr have SC but those brackets are
golden. I moved the alt on th 74 from driver's side to
passenger to use the ac bracket and will do th same
with the 70. I found the wiring info I think on Eddie
Stakes site but it was years ago.

--- "Dan M." <vegadan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doc,
> 
> I'm gonna chime in hear and ask what may sound like
> a real stupid
> question.  I checked my 77 amx w/258 and discovered
> that I have a
> delco alt on the passenger side, under the a/c
> compressor.  Is it a
> simple swap to a 100 amp delco unit, or is there
> more to it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> AMC74HORNET@... wrote:
> >
> > Charlie you said you had 40,000 miles on your car?
> How many times did
> > you have change the alt? Mine went bad when the
> car was 11 months old
> > and had almost 10,000 miles on it under warrantee.
> The dealer installed
> > one lasted a week. The next one lasted 10,000
> miles and when I removed
> > it I found out the dealer installed a rebuilt one
> under warrantee. I
> > installed a brand new one and every 10,000 miles
> it would go bad. I
> > started rebuilding them myself. I did it so many
> times in 100,000 miles
> > that I could pull it, solder in a new diode trio,
> install 2 new bearings
> > and a brush kit and have it back in the car in 1/2
> hour. and for those
> > sixes where it was mounted under the A/C
> compressor on the drivers side
> > it was a chore just to take it out and put it back
> in. When this car was
> > new with the A/C on and the radio and the lights
> and the wipers it would
> > barely read it was charging 12 volts when it
> should be 14.5. Th
> > headlights were dim with everything on. Everyone I
> know that has an
> > early to mid 70's Motorola has had the same
> problem. I know because I
> > used to make side money fixing them all. When I
> bought my orange car the
> > first week I had it the alt. went bad and after a
> year with rebuilding
> > my own and futzing with 3 rebuilds from different
> sources I went for a
> > 100 amp Delco. I should have done that in the
> first place. It is a real
> > pain to install a Delco on a 6 cyl on the drivers
> side if you have power
> > steering as there are bracket and steering box
> clearance problems big
> > time. I had to modify the upper alt adjusting
> bracket. Modify the
> > Motorola fan to fit the Delco, grind the Delco alt
> and the top of the
> > steering box cover for clearance and use a belt
> 1/2" smaller than stock.
> > Ii was well worth overcoming the problems. Now you
> can turn anything on
> > and it charges a steady 14.4 volts. Kennedy
> American makes a bracket
> > conversion kit to install a Deco on a V8 as long
> as you don't have A/C.
> > It is a simple bolt on as my son had one in his
> Javelin.
> > "Doc"
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > Yep sure enough, I went out to the garage to take
> a peek - a "crapola"  
> > alternator. Now, what do I do about that? Just
> what will "more amps"
> do for  me?
> >  
> > In a message dated 6/13/2006 8:10:22 AM Eastern
> Daylight Time,  
> > jayscore@... writes:
> > 
> >  
> >  
> > Charlie,
> > 
> > I've run the Motorola on my Javelin for several
> years with  no
> problem. It's 
> > a 
> > quality rebuild that I bought at AutoZone. Many
> people  switch
> because they 
> > need more amps. The biggest Motorola is 55 amps.
> And  some people
> want to 
> > get rid of the external regulator. The Motorola is
>  definitely an older 
> > design.
> > 
> > AMC also used some Motorcraft  alternators. My
> son's 78 Matador has a 
> > Motorcraft. 
> > 
> > I found a chart  in my Chilton's manual. According
> to this they
> switched at 
> > different times  depending on the engine. For the
> I-6 they started
> using 
> > Delco in 1975. For  the V8 they used Motorola in
> 1975, Motorcraft
> 1976-1977, 
> > and Delco  starting in 1978. If this is correct
> then you probably do
> have a  
> > Motorola.
> > 
> > Todd
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


Hidden in Wichita Falls TX

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