Bob,
I havent tried the method I used with anything other than the bracket
that came on my car so I cant say if it would or wouldnt work mounting
it upside down on a post 1971 car. As it turns out, I saved myself
some money and time by not having to carve up the original GM
alternator I used. The original one I bought always made the ignition
light glow until either I blipped the throttle a little or the car
naturally revved high enough to start the alternator charging. Then
the ammeter started intermittantly jumping all over the place while I
was driving down the road. And finally that progressed to quitting
altogether when I was returning from a 5 hour trip. Thankfully it quit
in the last 20 minutes as it was getting dark. Because the alternator
was intact I could return it under warranty.
I would think that it might be possible but that if it wasnt possible
that people could buy the early lower bracket. It should be a bolt in
replacement. I would be curious to see if anyone has done something
similar.
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
To: acekraut11@aol.com; 6pack@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:04:29 -0400
Subject: RE: GM Alternator Article
Hi Aaron,
When I did my conversion, the biggest problem was that the later year
TR6's
(those with an air pump) had a different alternator mounting bracket
then
the earlier TR6's. You can see the difference here
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/gm_alternator_conversion.htm I couldn't
find
any way to mount the new alternator with the existing bracket so I had
to
buy a pre-74 1/2 bracket from VB. Of course I never considered trying to
mount it upside down!. Any idea if your method will work with the post
74
1/2 bracket?
Having said that, I love your way of doing this whole thing without the
need
to grind on the alternator. As you can see from my installation, there
was a
lot of grinding done to make it all fit.
Nice job.
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of acekraut11@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:36 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: GM Alternator Article
Hi List,
For those of you who might be interested I have posted the text of the
article I submitted for the 6-Pack magazine on the triumph owners web
site.
The link is listed below. I have posted just one picture but will take
some
more and post them of the different mounting points and the back of the
alternator so people can see the wiring etc. That is, once I get out
to the
car and take them.
Incidentally, I asked Garth at triumphowners.com if he could make it
possible to order the photo categories in any order rather than just the
order they are entered and he did exactly that. So if any of you have
multiple photo categories and you would like to organize them into a
specific order you can now do so. My thanks to Garth for being so
accomodating.
Enjoy.
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
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