<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/><title></title></head><body><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">The coil on the generator/alternator is not the best place for a coil. It gets all the heat from the engine and produces its own as well. Coils usually doesn´t like heat. But as always there is a but. I collect the original LUCAS coils. Mainly I get them at autojumbles.I do not remember any of the old used ones I bought was defekt. They are all working properly. I have a test bed for distributers and coils at the company I work for in my spare time.They are extremely reliable and do not need to put to a colder place as modern replacements which often fail.<br /></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: [Healeys] FW: Mount a coil on an alternator.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2016-12-24T20:20:00+0100</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Robert F. Begani" <RFBegani@speakeasy.net></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">I do know that Standard Motors who, from the beginning of the automobile industry, was and still is a major American manufacturer of coils, relays, etc, does not recommend putting any of those items on the motor due to vibration. I know this because I read their instructions on how to install a coil relay between the starter switch and the glow plugs on my diesel engine in by sailboat. The manufacturer of the engine Universal Westerbek sells a bracket to mount the coil on the engine because it was always mounted there, I guess. Hard to change old habits.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">It stands to reason they will last a lot longer if there are not shaken and never stirred. Mine is not mounted on the alternator, either. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Season’s Greetings</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">My New Year’s resolution is to put the rebuilt engine in by BJ8 after the 1<sup>st</sup> of the year and drive it.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1f497d;">Bob Begani</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Simon Lachlan<br /><strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, December 23, 2016 1:08 PM<br /><strong>To:</strong> 'Healey Group' <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> [Healeys] Mount a coil on an alternator.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I’ve had an alternator in my BT7 for a while now.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">So, when I was doing the job, I looked at pictures of other people’s installations. Nobody’s coil was mounted on the alternator as coils were/are mounted on the generators.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I didn’t mount mine on the alternator either.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Now, I’m wondering why everybody found ingenious places to put the coils and nobody ingeniously adapted their brackets to fit onto their alternator.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Do alternators get too hot? Do they give off some kind of magic death ray that fries coils or what??</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Any reasons not to do it??</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Simon</span></p>
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