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| ACTA is just as bad (perhaps worse) and and an attempt is in progress to get it approved by governments all over the world. |
| The DMCA law in the US is equally bad and was written by the same industries but I don't document the law or its bad effects on the world's people here. |
| See my censorship web page with its links to more information on how vital it is to stop PIPA, SOPA, and ACTA. |
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David A's Europa |
The main issue with the alternator was finding one that fit nestled under the intake pipes but was small enough to not touch the frame. A local alternator shop suggested a 50Amp Toyota alternator. It needs a 4 rib belt (I mean the alternator pulley does) so I got a NAPA 25-040551 belt which has, so far, worked fine. The alternator provides plenty of electrical power for this application. The idler and the crankshaft have slots for more ribs (which is probably important if you put a really high amperage alternator on the engine) but I just ignore the extra rib-slots.
The alternator is controlled with 3 wires plus the post (the post is the power output connection). For data on wiring the alternator see the wiring page.
The altenator is fixed in place, it is the idler on the other side of the engine that adjusts (automatically) for belt length. The upper bracket is a simple steel strap. The lower bracket is a simple 1/8 inch thick steel panel (drilled for lightness) which bolts to the engine with a couple small panels welded on the panel to provide a place for the alternator bolt to pass thru the alternator lower mount ears. The picture just shows one end of the lower mount.
On the other side of the engine (right side of the upper picture on this page) is a rather large alloy bracket (I do not seem to have the Ford part number for this). I did have to cut the bottom ear off so it would fit, but it is still securely bolted to the block and head. I combined it with a Ford idler and a little Caterham bracket that mounts the Ford bracket to the Ford idler (I don't have the Caterham part number). I do have the alternator idler part number (see part numbers page here). The top picture on this page shows (on the right side of the picture) the idler bolted to the Caterham bracket with 2 Allen screws. The screws from the little Caterham bracket to the Ford bracket casting don't show, but the large Ford bracket shows clearly in the upper picture on this page.