Temporary Alternator Delete

[Regnar75]

Great little picture here, saved it for future reference thanks

[lcoleman]

I agree completely on slapping in a new regulator for the time being.

That said, what's wrong with leaving the dead alternator in place and just driving? The parasitic loss from the alternator itself is negligible, I don't see a downside as long as the actual alt/bearings haven't exploded. The upside is that you don't have to fool with shorter belts and the lack of a tensioner.

[Panici]

I agree completely on slapping in a new regulator for the time being.

That said, what's wrong with leaving the dead alternator in place and just driving? The parasitic loss from the alternator itself is negligible, I don't see a downside as long as the actual alt/bearings haven't exploded. The upside is that you don't have to fool with shorter belts and the lack of a tensioner.

I pulled the alternator before I knew anything about the voltage regulator.

I've been running around with the one from my parts car (which also doesn't work, go figure). Also have been using an older, smaller battery, hooked up with some jumper cables. I didn't want to deep cycle my main battery to death.
Also meant that if I ran out of power, I could just hook up my big normal battery and get back home.

That little battery did pretty well, even at night with headlights on.

I just picked up my alt from an auto electric shop today. $28 to solder in some new brushes. I would have done it myself, but I couldn't find any brushes locally, and time was an issue.


Would have been better to replace the whole voltage regulator, but shipping and parts are expensive in Canada, and I needed this done quickly.

Putting it in tomorrow.