After reading your mail and a few others I got offlist, I snooped around the
box the item came in. It reads "Made in India". Thats East I guess? I notice
the same sorts of quality glitches you did but I'm encouraged by you use of
the part. I have found problems with rebuilt items before and I suppose that
is the only other option here (TRF, Vic Brit... sell rebuilt units and you
send them the core). This unit replaces a Nissan Alternator I put on the car
about 20years ago. It was actually working fine when the car was parked
about 6 years back but since the car gets a complete restore, why not go
back to original?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dianne and Peter Fullam <dfullam@albany.net>
To: Rich Scotti <Rich@Scotti.com>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: New TR4A Generator from Moss
>I also bought a Moss generator after I heard that they were selling new
ones for
>$75. I didn't think to ask who in the western world can make new generators
for
>only $75. Answer: nobody. Mine also had rust under the paint on the cooling
fan,
>as well as some kind of powdery oxide on the long screws and brush holders.
The
>end frames are good copies of Lucas frames, but are cast iron instead of
>aluminum. The mounting hole on the front frame was tapped undersize, and
the
>armature was not centered between the stator coils. Apart from Moss's
catalog
>no. on the box, there was no name or part number or identification of any
kind
>on the generator. I called Moss and asked where do these come from, really.
>"Well, from a vendor in the East..." From the far east? Like maybe China?
>
>But does it generate? Well, yes it does. The Lucas cooling fan and pulley
both
>fit, and the generator fits right up on the mounting bracket. The spade
>terminals are the right size and the felt wick thing for oiling the rear
bushing
>is better than the Lucas one. Not a lot of miles on it yet, but so far so
good.
>
>Cheers,
>Pete Fullam
>63 TR4 CT19207L
>
>Rich Scotti wrote:
>
>> I just bought a brand new (according to the catalog) generator from moss.
>> I'm tempted to return it due to some suspicious quality problems. For
>> example, the cooling fan was painted over a bunch of surface rust and
the
>> paint came off in sheets in my hand when I lifted the item from the
shipping
>> box. I can certainly clean up the fan so that's not the issue. How good
is
>> the rest of the part?
>>
>> Problem: I'm can't try it for quite a while, as the car still has the
body
>> off the frame. If too much time passes they may not take it back.
>>
>> Question :Has anyone on the list bought and actually used one of these
>> units? Any data would be appreciated.
>>
>> R Scotti
>> '66 TR4A
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