[Tigers] Pulley Line-up

[Paul R. Breuhan]

I used a chrome Chevy style bracket on the upper/outer part where you adjust
the tension on the fan belt (I believe I cut down the end where it attached
the water pump for clearance).
Then I used a couple simple brackets mounted to the water pump & engine and a
couple spacers.
The previous owner of my former Tiger used an overly complex system that I
simplified as my starting point.
I think the alternator was just a pretty much standard Ford part.
Links to a PDF and a picture can be found here...
http://www.breuhan.com/sunbeam/AltBrackets.pdf
http://www.breuhan.com/sunbeam/AlternatorPic.jpg
Hope this helps a little bit.
Paul


> From: 64venezia at gmail.com
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 08:05:22 -0400
> Subject: [Tigers] Pulley Line-up
>
> My Tiger with a 289 needed a new water pump, so I got the one from Sunbeam
> Specialties. No surprises there. Pulley lined up perfectly with the
balancer
> pulley.
>
> My generator was still ok, but I estimated its life would not be too much
> longer. So for a while I thought about swapping it for an alternator. It
> never really lined up perfectly. But during 20 years, never gave a problem
> either. Possibly shortened the water pumps life? .
>
> Since there was recently a discussion about alternators, I decide to take
> the plunge and make it easy on myself and I bought the Powermaster unit. My
> alternator pulley is off by > with the water pump pulley! The way its
> pulley is mounted it has a heavy rim on the outside, which throws the
> v-groove off by maybe 1/8. So if I turn it around, I will still be off by
> >-1/8= 5/8. All powermaster other mounting dimensions are identical, 6
> between the ears, to straddle the original mounting arm. Now I suspect the
> original mounting bracket. 1). I could put spacer between it and the engine
> block, the bring the alternator forwards. However the dipstick doesnt give
> me much room. 2). I could bring the alternator forwards by putting the rear
> ear on the front side of the bracket and add a spacer at the front ear. But
> the alternator ear would not clear the rib of the cast Tiger mounting
> bracket. Not an elegant solution. But then, how could the original cast
> Tiger bracket be off by that much? If it was fabricated it possibly could
> bend, but not a casting. Reyer and I measured everything again tonight, but
> we can not see whats wrong. Any ideas?
>
> Just one more thing besides my electrical problem: the white wire from
> ignition switch to tach to coil resistor filled itself with Lucas smoke.
> Why?? All insulation half burned. No obvious short I could see. I am almost
> ready to take it all apart and rewire the whole car. Any body has any
> ideas?? thanks, Robert Jaarsma
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