New alt. installed

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies

I got the '85 Chrysler Fifth Avenue alternator and installed it today. 
It's pretty snug but it works. There was a tag saying max amps 91. That 
should be very sufficient for me! The pulley is almost 1/4" smaller in 
diameter. I couldn't use a bigger pulley either as it physically touches 
the square corner of the head and won't allow it to go inward any 
further. I'm thinking of grinding a bit off the corner of the head and 
maybe some on the alternator too if there's enough meat in that area. 
That'll give me some more room to move it for  proper tension. I had to 
pry the old belt on as it was.

It's the dual field type so I grounded the fld closest to the ground on 
the alt and used the other fld connection. As I reacall it didn't matter 
which fld was grounded but one needed to be. Unless the extra rpm's on 
the alternator is a problem I'll leave the smaller pulley on it. I don't 
go over 6200rpms. At least not on purpose.

Thanks for the tip about this alternator.


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