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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sure beats a Union Jack painted on the bonnet every time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hoo Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>dayton21@comcast.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 30 December 2016 8:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> Al Fuller; 'Healeys, Forum'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Mount a coil on an alternator.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I installed an alternator to power the black light I use to illuminate the Jimi Hendrix poster I have in my BJ8 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif"'>😊😊</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:al@bighealey.org">Al Fuller</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, December 29, 2016 5:04 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">'Healeys, Forum'</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Mount a coil on an alternator.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Josef:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Petty broad brush you are painting some of us with there… [Quote: “</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>People who swap a generator for an alternator like to modify in any way.”] </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Without further comment to your over-statement, I WILL say the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I drive my car on multi-day cross-country trips and see the value in installing a modern alternator. The generators on our cars were installed 50 years ago, and designed way before that to provide a fairly modest output [~20 amps, if memory serves]. The generator was barely able to supply the car’s needs as supplied, and modern use calls for additional and more power-hungry apliances in the car, such as headlights that actually light up the road ahead…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I now have an alternator that will power the car, headlghts, the CB radio I consider a necessity when driving in a multi car caravan, etc. An added bonus is if it happens to fail, rebuild or repar are readily available. Note that none of this drives me necessiarily to any other modifications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Al Fuller</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>al at bighealey dot org</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>'65 BJ-8</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>'85 Rx-7</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 23, 2016 4:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> Simon Lachlan <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>>; Healeys, Forum <<a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Mount a coil on an alternator.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Josef Eckert</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Konigswinter/Germany</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>-----Original-Nachricht-----<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Betreff: [Healeys] Mount a coil on an alternator.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Datum: 2016-12-23T21:57:44+0100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Von: "Simon Lachlan" <<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>An: "'Healey Group'" <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I’ve had an alternator in my BT7 for a while now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I didn’t mount mine on the alternator either.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Now, I’m wondering why everybody found ingenious places to put the coils and nobody ingeniously adapted their brackets to fit onto their alternator.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Do alternators get too hot? Do they give off some kind of magic death ray that fries coils or what??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Any reasons not to do it??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>