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BCjohnny...... Thanks I knew i had made a mistake seconds after i hit the send key Water cooled american alternators are only found on cadillac , Bosch also makes this alternator for some of the european vehicles (,,,never worked on one yet but do have some cores in stock.... The delco...

Internal fan alternators draw air from the side (front & back side of the housings),Thats the reason for all those holes in the housings & force it thru the back,The front fan draws air in & forces it across the stator & rotor The rear fan draws air in from the side & whats left over from the...

If one dosen't have a clamp on low amp meter Here is a procedure that does the job for measureing drains 1. parallel another battery across the vehicle's battery 2. disconnect the vehicles battery 3. install a 1 ohm 10 watt resistor in series with the vehicles battery 4. disconnect the other...

Specs on Gm go as high as 14.75. With the stop & go driving we see nowdays anything below 14.2 will probably give you short battery life.Even the long haulers are running 14.2/14.5 volt setting. Years back they ran 13.6/13.8, George

This type of Alternator is self-energized by the residual magnetisun in the rotor.Over time this magnetisum loses its strength & has to be energized by a external power.Upon doing so it should last several months or maby even a year. Some off-shore alternators coming into the US are not made...

check out your MACHINERY"S HANDBOOK on centerless grinding they have some good starting points under the heading CENTERLESS GRINDING TROUBLES

Machinery's Handbook features some good points on most any kind of grinding.This book has been around since the early 1900's & is probably in its 30th edition.Most all machine shops will have a copy of this book.Local library may have a copy. mine is the 16th addition printed in 1962.

This type of design used mostly in the 1980's on automotive diesel applications. The thru shaft was used to drive a vacuum pump. your local automotive junk yard should have this alternator. Ford,gm,mit,hitachi ... ect they all had this system installed on there automotive diesel vehicles.

Two (2) posibilities 1. substition for a idiot light that is used to excite the regulator.Full battery voltage could eventully destroy the regulator trio circurity. 2.sub for a thermistor that is used to measure the battery temp which lets the alt start to charge. have seen jd tractors wired...