Section : Electrical Equipment

Dynamo to Alternator 

Posted By : James Carruthers, 03-Aug-2003, 11:03am

• Dynamo to Alternator 

  Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 03-Aug-2003, 04:35pm

  
  
  I'm not that smart, but I can make a comment... summat wrong wiv' your dyno ????

   

  
  
  Dynamo to Alternator

   

  • Dynamo to Alternator 

    Posted By : Chris Wilson, 03-Aug-2003, 04:39pm

    James, you fixed it yet???
    
    And erm -- wot wus the beer like?????
    
    
    
    Regards
    
    Chris
    
    1975 1500 (wiv working alternator)

    • Dynamo to Alternator 

      Posted By : James Carruthers, 03-Aug-2003, 05:44pm

      Nope, haven't fixed it yet - got the A127 unit out of the 1500 though- going to clean up the mounting bracket - make it look at bit pretty before installing it...
      
      Got the instructions of an emm-gee site... looks pretty easy - just a case of swapping a few wires around...
      
      Haven't tried the beer yet... I wasn't in the mood for anything "Spitfire" last night...
      
      
      
      James
      
      69 Signal Red Spit
      

  • Dynamo to Alternator 

    Posted By : James Carruthers, 03-Aug-2003, 05:41pm

    You don't know how realistic that "artists impression" is Nige...
    
    Certainly a bit of a smoke screen just before "ditching it"...
    
    
    
    
    James
    
    69 Signal Red Spit (dynamo less)

• Dynamo to Alternator 

  Posted By : John Davies, 03-Aug-2003, 07:04pm

  James,
  You've been tried by the rest, now try the best: Go to this site:
  http://www.totallytriumph.net/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcbo...
  
  and Vegaman Dan will take you through it - He's a pro.
  (But you may have to subscribe and become a TTN Team Member to see the page.)
  John

• Dynamo to Alternator 

  Posted By : Craig Gingell, 03-Aug-2003, 07:55pm

  Also take a look at the TSSC Devon site -
  
  http://www.tssc.org.uk/devon
  
  Click "Technical" on the left hand navigation bar, and there's an article called -
  
  "Converting from Dynamo to Alternator
  We converted our 13/60 to use an alternator. Here's how we did it..."
  
  
  Rgds
  
  Craig

  • Dynamo to Alternator 

    Posted By : Matthew Hollingsworth, 24-Jul-2006, 08:28pm

    Thanks for the Devon link. I did this conversion on my Herald years ago following Carl Heinlein's Courier article, but didnt want to sift thru 21 years of Courier magazines to remind me how to do it.
    I have completed the job in two hours on a mk3 spit today. Nuts and bolts bit was easy, Jigsaw Racing provided what was needed, and it was just the wiring to get right. This was nice and easy, remove control box from heater plenum on bulkhead, and then connect the relevant wires. I didnt even take off the spade connectors, just pushed them into one another then crimped them with pliers and soldered the connectors together, sealed it all in good quality insulating tape, taped the earth lead back into the loom to hide it, and then all the taped up connections tuck neatly behind the coil and horn relay. They are well hidden as the car is dark blue, but a bright coloured car would still be able to hide the wiring quite well. It could now be converted back if needed, but why when it will be alot more reliable now.
    Car should be faster now as it has lost 1/2 kg of control box!