[Spridgets] Bugeye/Frogeye Club..... Re: Windshield frame seal installation - update-cruddy new parts

[Lester]

Ed already does this on his site, shows the bad part and what it  
should look like IIRC..

Lester

On Apr 16, 2009, at 6:05 AM, dbourg2002 wrote:

>
>
> Well, lets do something about it! I'll try to cobble a trial version  
> of my suggestion and put it in the files section.
>
> Don B
>
> --- In bugeye at yahoogroups.com, Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith at ...>  
> wrote:
> >
> > I can add to that...
> >
> > I ordered some Moss supplied alternator brackets (4 total) to do
> > several alternator conversions on several cars. The holes in the
> > reproductions do not align properly to do the job. I ended up having
> > to file both holes for the engine block (elongate in a different
> > direction) to bring the single alternator hole reasonably close to
> > the rear of the alternator. In addition, the angle the tab is bent
> > does not line up anyway, not to mention the hole being too small. I
> > had to clamp it a vise and take a 8 lb sledge to it to make a proper
> > 90 degree angle. What should have taken a few minutes too 30 - 45
> > minutes of trial and error and I still needed to use two washers to
> > take up the gap between the bracket and the alternator ear.
> >
> > In case someone thinks something else was amiss, I did the same  
> exact
> > same installation with an old original bracket, and everything
> > matched up perfectly.
> >
> > Gerard