Jim,
Look for an old fashion motor and alternator rewind / rebuild shop. They're going to be in an older industrial area of a major city. We have one in Sacramento. They don't care what it came out of they just start talking about the frame model and go from there. Parts are parts to them. We melted the brush holder and it was no big deal. I did get educated about alternator ratings but t was something I needed to hear. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip Secretary, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bernstorf Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: power So I'm sitting at my computer looking at this apparently dead alternator from my recently valiant Atomic 4. I think it is dead.so I took it to Pep Boys to test. They wanted to know what kind of truck it came off. So much for Manny Joe and Jack. Does anyone have any experience with these? Am I just stuck with tracking down a replacement off the internet and hoping that solves my problem or is there some place that can actually test it? It looks like it may have a regulator built into the back end of it which I would presume would die before the alternator would..but again, I'm not sure about the prospect of replacement parts for what I assume is thirty years old item. This is a Motorola alternator which surprised me. I am going to start looking for a replacement but if anyone has any words of wisdom I'm wide open! Thanks Jim Bernstorf Jules Distribution 6025 Cloverland Drive Brentwood, TN 37027 615.833.1848
