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This is not a factory alternator. It is a "redesigned" aftermarket Ford Alternator. Below the dotted line is a cut and paste of the original ad. Read the entire ad. Every Word. Now before you peek, lo...
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I have seen too many 2800 JB Leece-Neville alternators with melting around the output studs to ease my discomfort. For many years Leece used sintered ceramic major housings then changed to plastic. Prestolite never made a good alternator IMHO and if they stopped short quickly, Motorola would have gotten a brown nose.
I have also seen too many steel alternator output studs near 350F to suit me. To thwart corrosion I soldered 1/2" silicon bronze bolts onto the Niehoff's and Delco's remote rectifier studs. Finding fine thread bronze 1/2" bolts was a chore.
The bus's Niehoff has disc fans at both ends. The Delco has one fan but the Pabst fan really twirls air into the rear of the unit. Regardless even in open air both exceed 200F when working hard. A drop of water on the housing bubbles off within 1-2 seconds. And this is with remote rectifier!
Chum lee, the "320" is deception incorporated. So are "20 WAT LED" from China. Try as I might with the best selling 18-watt 6 LED 12-volt lamps (internal regulator) on eBay I cannot get them to accept >13 watts. They ALL LIE. It's stupid. The 13 watt CREEs are amazingly bright.
Reminds me of the BS (macho) about the Fighting Rooster "El Capitan" down here. Guaranteed in a cockfight, the monster will render the opponent unfit for chicken tacos inside 10-seconds.
When market confidence erodes, sales plummet. Turn on the TV, and Ron Popiel, appears (RonCo). Peruse eBay and find 500 watt "Epistar chip" LED light bars that are laughably dimmer than a 350 watt CREE light bar.
Purchase a "George Foreman" electric griddle and find out there is no on-off switch. The unit has to be unplugged.
We need to put a threat on the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. "Do your job or get disbanded". They complain "But but but...congress has defunded us..." Tell the failed lawyers to start looking for burger flipping jobs if they lack the intelligence to govern. Grrrrrr. Snap...
I have also seen too many steel alternator output studs near 350F to suit me. To thwart corrosion I soldered 1/2" silicon bronze bolts onto the Niehoff's and Delco's remote rectifier studs. Finding fine thread bronze 1/2" bolts was a chore.
The bus's Niehoff has disc fans at both ends. The Delco has one fan but the Pabst fan really twirls air into the rear of the unit. Regardless even in open air both exceed 200F when working hard. A drop of water on the housing bubbles off within 1-2 seconds. And this is with remote rectifier!
Chum lee, the "320" is deception incorporated. So are "20 WAT LED" from China. Try as I might with the best selling 18-watt 6 LED 12-volt lamps (internal regulator) on eBay I cannot get them to accept >13 watts. They ALL LIE. It's stupid. The 13 watt CREEs are amazingly bright.
Reminds me of the BS (macho) about the Fighting Rooster "El Capitan" down here. Guaranteed in a cockfight, the monster will render the opponent unfit for chicken tacos inside 10-seconds.
When market confidence erodes, sales plummet. Turn on the TV, and Ron Popiel, appears (RonCo). Peruse eBay and find 500 watt "Epistar chip" LED light bars that are laughably dimmer than a 350 watt CREE light bar.
Purchase a "George Foreman" electric griddle and find out there is no on-off switch. The unit has to be unplugged.
We need to put a threat on the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. "Do your job or get disbanded". They complain "But but but...congress has defunded us..." Tell the failed lawyers to start looking for burger flipping jobs if they lack the intelligence to govern. Grrrrrr. Snap...
