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You didn't say what year the B is. I looked the alternator up. I note
there's a16AC unit,45A, for 68-69. Might be a better fit. What unit
came off the car?
CR
On 4/22/2021 4:59 AM, PaulHunt73 wrote:
> Yesterday on a friend of a friend's CB MGB. A 'universal' 16/17/18ACR
> of 55 amps output and a new belt of the same number that came off -
> 10900. The only way the belt would go on was by fitting it before the
> mounting bolts! With the body sitting on the engine mount there is
> still at least 1/2" of movement in the adjuster that can't be used,
> and with everything installed the adjuster has barely moved from the
> minimum position.
>
> Two other people on the MGOC forum found the same thing, so I suspect
> the body on these is fatter. One was offered alternative belts of
> 10925 and 10950 but not unsurprisingly at the time stayed with the
> original. Maybe the 10925 would be a better bet, I was aware of the
> 10950 for late RBs but felt that might be too big.
> PaulH.
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<p>You didn't say what year the B is. I looked the alternator up.
I note there's a16AC unit,45A, for 68-69. Might be a better fit.
What unit came off the car?</p>
<p>CR<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/22/2021 4:59 AM, PaulHunt73 wrote:<br>
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normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR:
rgb(48,48,48); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px">Yesterday on a friend of a friend's CB MGB. A 'universal'
16/17/18ACR of 55 amps output and a new belt of the same
number that came off - 10900. The only way the belt would go
on was by fitting it before the mounting bolts! With the body
sitting on the engine mount there is still at least 1/2" of
movement in the adjuster that can't be used<font size="3"
color="#000000">, and with everything installed the adjuster
has barely moved from the minimum position.</font></span><br
style="WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR:
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0px">
<br style="WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR:
rgb(255,255,224); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT: 14px/21px verdana;
WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR:
rgb(48,48,48); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px">
<span style="WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR:
rgb(255,255,224); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline
!important; FONT: 14px/21px verdana; WHITE-SPACE: normal;
FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(48,48,48);
WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Two other
people on the MGOC forum found the same thing, so I suspect
the body on these is fatter. One was offered alternative belts
of 10925 and 10950 but not unsurprisingly at the time stayed
with the original. Maybe the 10925 would be a better bet, I
was aware of the 10950 for late RBs but felt that might be too
big.</span></div>
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BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,224); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY:
inline !important; FONT: 14px/21px verdana; WHITE-SPACE:
normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR:
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