Show us your Alternator mod

[krobinson]

My shell's booked for seam welding over the easter hol's. Could everyone post up good pictures of your alternator chassis modification? The tidier the better!

Keith

[Lee]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/WIP/DSC00058.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/WIP/DSC000671.jpg

There ya go Keith, not a mallet in sight lol

[mikey14sr]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/mickyd79/WIP7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/mickyd79/HPIM0211.jpg

Just a couple I saved a while back, top one is joffturbonova's iirc.

[smithsnoop10]

Hello people looks good, i also need to do this to mine, im doing it myself as i work in a bodyshop can you tell me the distance from the mount to the start of the box section,
then the size of the box itself thanks

[smithsnoop10]

itsnt there something you have to do the the power steering pulley also?????

[stuartp]

itsnt there something you have to do the the power steering pulley also?????


"yeah remove it"lol

Im another person who needs to do this mod!

[nova---chris]

yep its hidden away somewhere. ah can you spot it :) ill make it easy ill take the engine out for you to see. :) best way to do it. no cutting or messing.
Handy to if your using the engine mount kit which has the 3 mounting holes for wither let or xe. the spare hole makes do for the alternator support.
woot!

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o306/Nova---Chris/White%20nova%20build/mini-P1010215.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o306/Nova---Chris/White%20nova%20build/P1010204.jpg

[stuartp]

^^ i remember seeing that in your thread well think it was yours. easy enougth to do with all other standard parts in place??

[loggyboy]

My sites down at mo but if you check here later:

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/MeritMk2/Welding

[Aamir]

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7052/novaxechassisrail1su5.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8621/novaxechassisrail2uu4.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3789/novaxechassisrail3up3.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3640/novaxechassisrail4fy6.jpg

........not mine btw lol lol

[stuartp]

lol lol

[loggyboy]

When people seem to go for the welding option,they go for hugeboxes, its so much more simple that that, it only needs a few cuts and a tiny infill strip one end.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/loggyboy/ChassisLegPrimer.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/loggyboy/ChassisLegCuts.jpg

[nova---chris]

my mod was easy. just made 2 brackets up . didnt take long. Jobs a good un.
Didnnt break a nail either bashing anything. lol!

[novaco]

chris i love that idea!!

[nova---chris]

well its a old idea. but its well done tbh. only ever ran a front mounted alternator and had no problems as yet. just heat wrap wires and jobs a good un.

[novaco]

well its a old idea. but its well done tbh. only ever ran a front mounted alternator and had no problems as yet. just heat wrap wires and jobs a good un.

would love some more pics of the brackets it poss?

[Ste L]

would love some more pics of the brackets it poss?

me too lol

[Riggy]

have a word with karl keith as he has said to me in the past that he would sell the kit required to run a front mounted alt :thumb:

[andybishop]

The problem is tracking down what the alternator is off as Martin Hill who did the front mount alternators orginally would'nt tell anyone what they were off. I know that the pulley needs changing as the alternator come with a wide belt pulley. I used to run this setup but ditched it now as i need the room for intercooler pipes and stuff. When Karls car comes back over from germany we'll take the alternator to get it checked out.

[loggyboy]

[quote=andybishop]The problem is tracking down what the alternator is off as Martin Hill who did the front mount alternators orginally would'nt tell anyone what they were off. quote]

Shouldnt really make much difference, as its a custom fit any alternator should do, Pulleys can be replaced, spaced and adjusted to suit. If you have the skill/noggin to make custom set up like that youl be inventive enough to make any fit, and if ur sensible ul make it a cheap and powerfull one.

My alternator was from a late XE with non adjustable bracket and multirib pulley, i had 3-4 'nators in the garage and used a few random parts from all of them till i got the pulley tucked is as much as pos.

In fact if ur running uprated mounts u can get away with not making any adjustments to the leg. I slotted the reat gearbox mount bolt holes, add a few washers and ended up with a 4mm gap you can see here.

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase1/24Alternator640.jpg

However i didnt have uprated mounts so under load it would run, but after a year of heavy use it had only done this much damage

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase2/Day3Welding/LeftChassisLeg1.jpg

[saloonwoody]

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/nilly/Phase2/Day3Welding/LeftChassisLeg1.jpgmany pidgeons where you live ??lol

[ashtal]

Its not the neatest but its got all the clearance you need.
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/1/510180788.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4439692)