nib1980
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:33 PM |
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need a small (really small) alternator
Hi All,
I dry fittefd the engine today and found my alternator is fouling the steering column.
Whats the smallest alternator available for a CEC?
currently have a ford type (like xflow)
needs to have three wire cnnection or i'll get confused.
many thanks
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philw
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:36 PM |
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I'm using one from a Daihatsu hijet
Must try harder
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vinny1275
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:46 PM |
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Likewise, I'm using the Nippon Denso alternator from a daihatsu. about 90mm diameter iirc. Had to make a bracket, and use the shortest belt
halfrauds do, but it works nicely enough...
I think there's some stuff in my blog on making it fit.
HTH
Vince
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austin man
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:46 PM |
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the Daihatsu ones are about the smallest without starting to pay silly money, I have a ford one fitted to a zetec silvertop. why do you need a small
one
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:47 PM |
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can you swap the alt over to the other side of the engine?
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02GF74
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:51 PM |
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cheapest option would be to move alternator to other side, assuming you can fit the mounting bracket to the block.
otherwise the dahaitsu or kubota (same thing) alternator is the smallers
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nib1980
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by austin man
the Daihatsu ones are about the smallest without starting to pay silly money, I have a ford one fitted to a zetec silvertop. why do you need a small
one
because it's fouling the steering column downlink.
potentially i could move it over to the exhaust side, but sods law says i't going to mean it fouls the exhaust then!
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austin man
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 05:54 PM |
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The zetec posed the same problem with the downlink and the oil filter so I added another UJ to the column, mate of mine runs a silvertop and has
located his alternator on the opposite side of the block
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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rallyingden
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 06:53 PM |
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I used one of these .........
LINK
Got it for £76  and they provide wiring details
RD
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dogwood
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 08:24 PM |
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Locost option is to remake the bracket so it don't foul
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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jase380
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 08:36 PM |
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Had a 1.1 saxo alternator on my pinto.... plenty of them in breakers yards.
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