[Mgs] Alternate alternator for 71 MGB?

[Max Heim]

I am using a Bosch or Delco/Remy alternator sourced from a Ford Fiesta. I
believe this is a fairly common substitution. Uses the same block bracket
and belt, but I had to fab a new slotted adjuster bracket to get enough
range of adjustment (I suppose a shorter belt would have had the same
effect, but then I'd have had to remember THAT application). I was
converting from a generator, so YMMV.

1980 FORD FIESTA 1.6L 1598cc 98cid L4 2BBL OHV
REMY 13107
$43.99 + $5 core charge (in 2011)




on 11/20/13 5:20 PM, Bob Donahue at bobmgtd at comcast.net wrote:

> Lucas joking aside, I have not had good luck with their alternators, and now I
> need another. What are the non-Lucas alternatives? I'm more interested in ease
> of installation than cost.
> 
> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
> Email - bobmgtd at comcast.net
> Cars:       52 MGTD - #17639
>                71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
> Member:  NEMGTR #11470
>                NAMGBR # 7-3336
>                Hoosier MGB Club
>                Olde Octagons of Indiana


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires