loyota

[twincamman]

welll the Lucas alternator failed last Friday night on s2 33 ---embarrassing having to get your buddies to push start you at a car show inhabited by 32 hiboys and 55 chebbies ----much amusement among the hot rod set ' ITS NOT even raining ' 2 choruses of Rule Britannia etc etc ---so I have ordered the Nissan denso kit from Ray at r&D get it tomorrow so Ill report on the installation and efficiency ---any more Jap parts on the car and Ill have to put a Toyota NOSE BADGE ON THE THING -----ED

[RotoFlexible]

Only issue I had with the Denso alternator kit (not sure if it came from Ray or from Dave Bean) was the supplied ground strap - the crimps on both terminals were bad, leading to no charging after a while. Since I sorted that it's been an excellent upgrade.

[twincamman]

thanks for the tip ---Ill get the soldering torch out before I wire it ---ed

[stugilmour]

Ed, just take solstice noting the new Evora has a Camry six in it; Toyota billed as a "Strategic Partner" by Roger Becker. Just put the Toyota decal on the alternator (bottom of course; not to obvious)

I installed the one from Bean's; looks like Ray's has a slightly different lower mount to the engine. Anyway, only issue I has was stripping one of the threaded mounting holes, so be careful or get the heli-coil ready!

[twincamman]

one is $275 and one is $400--guess who won??? and Ill use a torqe wrench to 20 pounds ED

[hatman]

Ed, just take solstice

Sun-worship eh? Do you find that helps?

[twincamman]

I believe Stu was making a a pun --Pontiac makes a 2 seat sporty car here called a solstice based on the Vauxhall ----- Its a Canadian thing -----but a little hedonism cant hurt -- -ed

[twincamman]

welll everything went into place as it should --no trauma --light goes out --clearance around the steering shaft is good --wipe the finger prints off and take it for a thrash ----- see ya later -- -ed

[CBUEB1771]

welll everything went into place as it should

Ed, so you were OK with the lower bracket attaching to the block (I have the same RD kit)? I had to throw my bracket into the milling machine to drag the mounting bolt holes forward. As it was the alternator was about 0.1" too far forward to have the vee belt pulleys lie in a plane. I also need to weld the alternator attachment "ears" completely, the kit bracket is missing quite a few inches of weld.

[twincamman]

no mine appears to be ok --aligns the pulley OK ---only thing that's annoying is the turn buckle fouls the dip stick a bit -I thought the same thing about the weld but I seem to remember my welding teacher saying that a few short welds were stronger than a long solid weld --and stainless is a bit of over kill on the bracket as I would have preferred mild steel ----its not going to rust ------ed

[gjz30075]

Interesting, Russ. I had the same problem with the lower bracket. Ray suggested I talk with Gustafson himself and he also couldn't understand why I would have the problem. But its fixed now. I also got rid of the turnbuckle adjuster, as it got in the way of too many things. I went with a GT6 slotted arm. I think it was the curvature and the length of the slot that worked for me.

Greg Z
'72 Sprint; glad I went with the alternator and still working after five years.

[twincamman]

it was nice to be able to install the alternator from the top with out jacking the car up and rolling under it though --as was the case with the Lucas unit ---ed

[jeff jackson]

Hi Chaps,
Is there a toyota part number on that alternator? Maybe I have one already in my garage - looks similar.
I am in the UK, perhaps we could source something over here.

Kind regards
Jeff 72 +2

[twincamman]

no pn I think its a Suzuki part off a Geo or some other small Jap car most likely another generic Denso part ---just in for the day to tighten the bolts on the Denso starter motor and replace the speedo inner cable ----more greasy finger prints to wipe off but its nap time - well the naps -over checked the output on the new alt 13.34 on a slightly discharged gel cell ---started with no trauma --ready to go again -ed