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

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal" <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Motorola Alternators and Prestolite 
ignition modules


> 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
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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