Actually this is why the Roadster venders charge 60,75,90.00+ bucks for a
mounting kit.
The alternator needs the front lower support to dampen the vibration that
occurs. A better grade bolt may prolong the break but won't correct it.
I tooled up to make a kit, but by the time you get together the RIGHT hardware,
custom machine correct spacers etc, you have 50.00+ bucks in it and there is no
profit left.
Most roadster owners would scoff at a 100.00 alternator mount kit no matter how
well
engineered it is, such is life!
Jim Tyler
Hidden message: make a correct lower support or buy the proper kit. Have fun!
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From: Daniel Neuman[SMTP:dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 10:36 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Mounting one wire alt.
Hello All,
Yes here I am again with yet another question about gm alts. I have a big
100amp mounted on the right in the non-smog place on my smog car. I have a
big 3/8" bolt that goes through the smog pump mount and the bottom of my
alt. It works great except...The lower bolt snapped on me... I do not have
a mount that attaches the front of the alt to the engine. On my non-smog
canadian U-20 this foward alt mount is attached to the two nearest bolts
on the timing cover. Actually one's a bolt and the other is a stud. The
stud on the non-smog engine is considerably longer than on my smog engine
The only way that I can see to support the front of the alt is to
buy a longer bolt.metric size 8 by about 120mm-guy at the hardware store
thought they didn't make them that big...and then replacing the lower stud
with an equally longer one and use washers to space the mount out.
Has anbody else already done this..?? I tried to jsut buy a better
3/8"-16 by 8" bolt but I coudl not find a higher grade..Do they make a grade
eight bolt in this size??
Thanks for the help,
Daniel 69 2000
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