Quite pleased with this:
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Quite pleased with this:
It's a Dynator, an alternator in drag. Haven't done the wiring mods yet hence the lack of connections.
I'll post some pics of the 'new' tachometer when it's back from the instrument rehab centre.
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Re: Quite pleased with this:
Nice work - is that a Lucas C40? Presumably you had to make a bracket up yourself for that?
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Re: Quite pleased with this:
It's a Dynator shaped like a Lucas C40 tacho drive, as original. The casing is ally instead of the original dynamo's cast iron, so it's not too heavy. The cast pulley/fan is from Sunbeam Alpine. Original cars had a huge pulley, which gave charging issues and really wouldn't work with an alternator. The Alpine one is exactly the same design, in cast aluminium, but a little smaller to aid alternator cooling and charging. With the stock Cobra size an alternator wouldn't charge at idle. Oh, and originals are utterly and completely unobtainable, unless you know someone breaking a Cobra.
I have a dummy RB106 to go with it, which acts as a junction box and cleverly also contains a big full-system fuse.
The bracket came from El Gerrio, who is now making them. And everything lined up!! Had to fab up the adjuster bar, though.
I have a dummy RB106 to go with it, which acts as a junction box and cleverly also contains a big full-system fuse.
The bracket came from El Gerrio, who is now making them. And everything lined up!! Had to fab up the adjuster bar, though.
Re: Quite pleased with this:
..... did they use Moroso leads back in the '60's
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Re: Quite pleased with this:
Yes, twisted from the finest leeks, boyo.agnoraan wrote:..... did they use Moroso leads back in the '60's
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Re: Quite pleased with this:
Ah, I know the ones, they also had sheeps wool suppresion fitted as standardRoger King wrote:Yes, twisted from the finest leeks, boyo.agnoraan wrote:..... did they use Moroso leads back in the '60's
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Re: Quite pleased with this:
That looks just the ticket Roger.
I look forward to seeing it next week
Lee
I look forward to seeing it next week
Lee
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Re: Quite pleased with this:
Ha! No chance - I can't begin to list the reasons why notMarsh wrote:That looks just the ticket Roger.
I look forward to seeing it next week
Lee