[Healeys] Mount a coil on an alternator.

[BJ8Healeys]

Josef, your statement is not quite correct.  There are other reasons besides electric (or modification for modification's sake) for mounting an alternator.  In my case, the only time in 33 years my BJ8 ever stranded me with a problem was when the generator bearings failed and damaged the internal wiring while I was 350 miles from home in Washington, DC.  Even in that large city, it took me three days to find a shop that could repair the generator (Healey Surgeons were no help, either).  When preparing my car for the trip across the USA to Lake Tahoe for Open Roads 2002, I decided that I didn't want to deal with a generator failure in the middle of Kansas, so I installed an alternator that could be found in any auto parts store.

A few years ago, a traveling companion in another BJ8 with an alternator had a failure of his unit.  We went two miles and got a new one in the next auto parts store we came to.  

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of josef-eckert at t-online.de
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 4:07 PM
To: Simon Lachlan; Healeys, Forum
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Mount a coil on an alternator.

 

People who swap a generator for an alternator like to modify in any way. Anybody who knows more about electrics know there is no need for an alternator at all on Healeys. its only to adjust the rehulator to work as it should.  But that´s to difficult for most I suspect.

those selling these alternators are quite happy to sell them as people like to modify and they also sell you one of these performance coils and they need to be kept cool and best is to put the coil in the boot to keep it cool. Haven´t seen that so far but can´t await to see it.

 

Josef Eckert

Konigswinter/Germany

 

 

 

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