Second Alternator blog

Here is the bracket with the 4 inch spacer made from 3/8 inch black pipe nipple from hardware store

My Alternator conversion

The conversion went very well. I combed all the web and archive resources I could and hopefully pulled the best of the resources together (INMHO) to my advantage. I had a lot of help from many folks. Thank you all!!!

Some folks remove the rear alternator bracket all together and use only the ear that comes from the engine. I was afraid the front mount alone would evenutally fail and went with the bracket and pipe spacer approach.

My front mounting bolt had not been exactly tight and it wollowed out the front holes considerably. I cut down a bronze bushing to make up for the slack before I inserted the 3/8 x 7 inch bolt.

I also cut a 4 inch piece of 3/8 inch pipe for the spacer. I had to put the assy in as pictured in order to get the bolt through the bracket. Slide the bolt back to the exhaust manifold as far as you can when putting the alternator in.

I cut the spacer off of the alternator (asked for a 1978 305 cu in Camaro alternator) about the distance recommended. I thought it was a bit more than I needed but I felt I could always shim with a washer or two. Which is exactly what I did.

My car lift

I bought my car lift after a lot of searching. Most everyone I talked to said that all lifts are different and that I should consider those differences in my selection. At the end of the day, I went with a lift that met my needs. I want to use it to park my TR2 above my daily driver TR4.

I also intend to use it when I restore my TR2 this winter - not sure if it will be a full restore - I think I'm going to clean it up, blow it out, redo the interior and paint. I don't want to wait years to drive it again!!

Triumph show a few weekends ago

Went to the Gathering north of Winston Salem the other weekend.

Had an excellent time even though the weather did not cooperate 100 percent.

The people at Shelton Vineyards and Winery were very hospitable and the grounds were beautiful. We will come back here again soon.

They have an adopt a barrel program that I'm trying to get my wife to agree to.....

Here is my first attempt to use a battery and laundry soda to derust a valve cover. Worked pretty well. Takes a while on heavily rusted metal. had a request to add a url where more can be learned.

www3.telus.net/public/aschoepp/electrolyticrust.html

New Blog

This is primarily going to be used to share progress on my projects.

My brother in law has me working on water rockets.

My other projects include my 2 triumph cars; my pizza oven - still a pile of bricks; refinishing some dressers; a generator to alternator conversion on my TR4.

what else - my wife wants a fountain - one of those with the big stone ball on top.

And the mother of all patios which will be adjacent to the Pizza oven.

I'm sure there are plenty I've missed