[Spridgets] alternator conversion help needed

[ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net]

that is the case. the "festiva" alternator does NOT fit the 74 midget. the 2 upper bracket are fine but the bottom one is so far out at 180 deg. from the top that it makes contact with the motor mount and cannot be attached to the lower bolt no matter what the span on the bottom bracket it would have to be shaped like a "w" to get over the motor mount. 

so I returned it and ordered another one from autozone since pep boys doesn't carry the fiesta from 19080 that does fit. I'll let you know how that works when I get it next week. 
Ryan 
'74 midget 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Caldwell" <peter at nosimport.com> 
To: "David Groundwater" <dwgwater at hotmail.com>, spridgets at autox.team.net 
Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2010 4:27:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] alternator conversion help needed 

Except Ryan doesn't have a "genny"... But, it IS a good expanantion. 
Peter C 
= 
At 02:50 PM 1/7/2010, David Groundwater wrote: 
>THere are lots of good sources on the net and in the archives. Frank is the 
>expert on the Festiva alternator. From his gospel out of the archives: 
> 
> 
> 
>"The Ford Festiva alternators are small, so are some Hondas. 
>Both jap alts. The wiring is simple, connect all the thick wires 
>together at the regulator, run the genny field wire from the alt to the 
>ignition light." 
> 
> The thick wire at the old genny end of things goes to the big output on the 
>alternator. One of the thin wires is the field wire that energizes the 
>alternator field. It runs through the red light on your dash and connects to 
>the field terminal on the alternator. It's the one labeled labeled "L" for 
>light. The one labeled "S" is the sense wire that tells the alternator the 
>system voltage. THis is a great explanation of how the remote voltage sense 
>feature works. Once you know how it works you can decide from where you want 
>the alternator to read the system voltage 
> 
> 
> 
>http://madelectrical.com/electricaltech/remotevoltagesensing.shtml 
> 
> 
> 
>Dave 
> > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:44:20 +0000 
> > From: ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net 
> > To: spridgets at autox.team.net 
> > Subject: [Spridgets] alternator conversion help needed 
> > 
> > I am converting from the original lucas alternator to an alternator from a 
>ford festiva. What I thought would be an unplug/replug wiring is not the case. 
>Has anybody done this on a 71-74 midget? there are 3 wires from the wiring 
>harness 2 thin and one thick. but there are multiple wire connections on the 
>alternator. one nut for the battery, a 2 wire plug labeled S and L, and 
>another small plug connector towards the bottom. 
> > Any ideas? 

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