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Up to lately with a 5er, camping in provincial parks in the winter off-grid, under the trees with no solar possible, and a two-hour time limit on generators 9-11am and 6-8pm (that one in the dark) usi...
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If your Ford alternator uses a "pivot swing" adjustment arm (has a slot) bracket the chances are excellent that the 130mm 3-G will bolt up. This is quite an alternator. On my test bench I slowed rotor speed down to the point where I could hold the eraser end of a pencil onto the front flange of the pulley and the dang thing insisted on developing 21 amps. The bench tachometer bottomed out at 150 RPM.
Try to get a factory original alternator even if it's used and needs brushes, bearings and a voltage regulator. The coating on the stator windings is a bright pink. Remans, lose too much low speed power because when the stator is re-wound. Like with all remanufactured stators, they BURN the copper out with heat and this destroys the silica coat on the wafer stator laminations.
The 3G uses the 6303 front ball bearing which lasts more than three times as long as the 2G and 70-90 amp big frame Ford alternators.
Be sure the voltage regulator matches usability wise the regulator off the alternator you are replacing. F794 is a common aftermarket part. Even though WAI purchased Transpo, their F794HD regulator uses a MOSFET power transistor and it runs much cooler than the OEM and most aftermarket regs. Out of 2 - 3,000 I built, I had no Transpo reg failures.
Try to get a factory original alternator even if it's used and needs brushes, bearings and a voltage regulator. The coating on the stator windings is a bright pink. Remans, lose too much low speed power because when the stator is re-wound. Like with all remanufactured stators, they BURN the copper out with heat and this destroys the silica coat on the wafer stator laminations.
The 3G uses the 6303 front ball bearing which lasts more than three times as long as the 2G and 70-90 amp big frame Ford alternators.
Be sure the voltage regulator matches usability wise the regulator off the alternator you are replacing. F794 is a common aftermarket part. Even though WAI purchased Transpo, their F794HD regulator uses a MOSFET power transistor and it runs much cooler than the OEM and most aftermarket regs. Out of 2 - 3,000 I built, I had no Transpo reg failures.
