You can probably make it home provided you travel during daylight. Don't
use the lights or any other electrical accessories more than absolutely
necessary (minimal use of indicators and of course brake lights is OK).
When I had the same problem I found I could get 5 days to a week of daytime
running between battery charges. The temperature gauge makes a good battery
charge indicator when the alternator/generator goes out. If it starts to
head toward zero then it's time to get off the road.
Also - when I brought the 2-wire GM alternator with plans to fit it to my
64 Spit I found that it's not a straight fit. It will need a special
bracket which I have not yet got around to fabricating - one of these days
though.
Maybe someone else on the list knows of a different alternator which is a
direct swap - also, mine has the generator which may have a different
mounting system which might be the cause of my problem.
Good luck.
Mark Sinclair
64 Spitfire
-----Original Message-----
From: Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com [SMTP:Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com]
Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 6:07 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Alternator Conversion
Hello all. Foolishly drove my car to work (30 miles) after replacing the
voltage reg. because I was OVER charging. Well, 20 miles in, my dash
lights seemed to be getting dim. I turned off everything and stopped at a
gas station. They measured the voltage at 10 VOLTS!!!!
I am screwed.
Maybe I can make it home on the battery. Maybe not. So, who knows what's
wrong with my installation of the voltage regulator but...I am not
charging.
Therefore, maybe it's time to just do the GM alternator conversion. I have
looked at the VTR pages a little on this subject, but there is not a
Spitfire page. There is a GT6 page - can this be the same for the Spit?
Anyone ever done this? PLEASE WRITE BACK SOON if you have any ideas!!!
John Cousins
1977 Spit low on juice
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