> add anything. I have not > actually had the pleasure of fixing one of the later > design alternators yet, > but I have filed your excellent description for my > own use, when the need arises. What's that phrase, "Praise from Caesar"? Dick, I didn't think you had ever even worked on an alternator. Figured they were too new-fangled for you. Doesn't one of those Packards have a vacuum tube regulator? I'll bet you could design one! I personally have become a sold-on fan of the newer, one-wire alternators. I installed a 100 amp, Delco-style model on my '67 volvo in place of its 30 amp generator and was stunned at the improvement. No more flickering AMP light. No more varying-brightness headlights. No more static in the AM radio. No more bird's nest of wiring under the hood to the decrepit Bosche regulator and that boat-anchor of a gennie. Cost? About $70 for the alternator. Time? About 2 hours, and a custom-fabricated bracket. Hookup? One 4 gauge wire from the alternator to the battery. That's it. The alternator self-grounds to the engine (make sure your engine-body strap is in good shape!) --Mike Pittinaro 'To Engineer' was never meant to signify poking around with a mouse on a Nintendo-on-steroids computer system. 'It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars' -- Garrison Keillor __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm