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02-26-2007, 14:50

Since we arrived home it has been extremely wet, making me not want to do much
about removing the rear alternator. Today, though, I did pull the plate under
the bed and remove the front alternator. It turns out to be a Prestolite
130-amp, which makes me wonder if it has been replaced, since it is spec'd as a
Motorola 160-amp.

I took it to a local automotive electrical shop, and they got no output on the
bench. They will dissassemble it tomorrow and give me a price to rebuild so I
can decide whether to do that or buy a new one.

Now the question: There was a wire connected to one of the three alternator
stator contacts? What was this? Tach maybe?

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA