Hackerbilt
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Thought I'd make a thread on refitting my 454 T with a more powerful Alternator.
Last year I started to notice some bearing noise from an idler pulley on my engine.
This pulley turned out to be pretty much impossible to replace for a sensible price so I decided to upgrade the Alternator and remount to the right side.
By relocating it I could do away with the need for an idler pulley completely. I didn't like how low the old one was anyway.
The CS130 replaces an older style alternator with the simple jump wire modification to make it into a 1 wire system. With the lights and fan on it held 12.6v. Room for improvement.
I found that the CS could fit on a single bolt into the head and cut the top off a bolt that worked to make test fitting the components much easier. Slide on...slide off.
Everything justttt fit and lined up. Got lucky!
Next I made a triangular bracket to stabilize the alternator to the two water pump bolts.
I replaced the water pump bolts with studs and torqued the pump tight. The bracket then goes over the torqued nuts and is retained by additional nuts.
To support the alternator and space it properly I added a tube spacer between the head and the alternator bolt boss.
I'm missing a pic or two here...but basicly I then added a flat steel wrap to the back of the alternator, welded to the spacer and using the two bolt locations on the other side of the Alternator for strength. To that strap I added a slotted adjustment arm.
The Slotted arm adjusts off one of the "truck mount" holes in the lower front of the block.
I hooked up the wiring as detailed on the "Pirate offroad message board" by member "Billavista".
Works great....with 14.3v showing when the car is driven with lights and fan both running.
The lights are much brighter now.
Like driving a modern car!
Gotta love it!
Last year I started to notice some bearing noise from an idler pulley on my engine.
This pulley turned out to be pretty much impossible to replace for a sensible price so I decided to upgrade the Alternator and remount to the right side.
By relocating it I could do away with the need for an idler pulley completely. I didn't like how low the old one was anyway.
The CS130 replaces an older style alternator with the simple jump wire modification to make it into a 1 wire system. With the lights and fan on it held 12.6v. Room for improvement.
I found that the CS could fit on a single bolt into the head and cut the top off a bolt that worked to make test fitting the components much easier. Slide on...slide off.
Everything justttt fit and lined up. Got lucky!
Next I made a triangular bracket to stabilize the alternator to the two water pump bolts.
I replaced the water pump bolts with studs and torqued the pump tight. The bracket then goes over the torqued nuts and is retained by additional nuts.
To support the alternator and space it properly I added a tube spacer between the head and the alternator bolt boss.
I'm missing a pic or two here...but basicly I then added a flat steel wrap to the back of the alternator, welded to the spacer and using the two bolt locations on the other side of the Alternator for strength. To that strap I added a slotted adjustment arm.
The Slotted arm adjusts off one of the "truck mount" holes in the lower front of the block.
I hooked up the wiring as detailed on the "Pirate offroad message board" by member "Billavista".
Works great....with 14.3v showing when the car is driven with lights and fan both running.
The lights are much brighter now.
Like driving a modern car!
Gotta love it!
