Allen Nugent wrote:
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> I have a 2-year old Lucas alternator on my TR7 Sprint. It has been repaired
> no fewer than 3 times (rectifier, then brushes, then bearing)!
>
> I'm about ready to test the survivability of Lucas alternators to repeated
>blows from a large crowbar.
>
> Any suggestions from you electrical wizards out there?
>
> Allen Nugent
> Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
> University of New South Wales
> Sydney 2052 Australia
Easy now Allen,
Your frustration is understandable and your desire to take out said
frustrations on an inanimate object (Lucas alternator) can be easily
justified. We've all been there, no doubt. With my luck, I'd probably
break something else in the engine compartment or my bloody finger
whilst wielding the crowbar. :)
I would have to suspect something else besides the alternator. I don't
believe the car actually runs hotter because the lights are on. Perhaps
the gauge moves higher because of a fault in the wiring circuit when the
lights are turned on. It sounds to me like the alternator is working
okay. Just a guess. I'm not the Dan Masters-type electrical whiz.
Jeff Johnson
'76 TR6
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