Smokin Hot Alternator

17 posts · joined Jan 2015 · 9 Jun 2015, 6:12 pm

#1014768

Hi guys, Im in the early stages of getting my 74 bay back up n running, over the weekend while I was stripping the interior, my buddy hooked up the battery backwards allowing "the smoke to escape from the alternator". Any ideas what has been burnt and do I need to remove the alternator to replace diodes etc or can I do this insitu.
Gus

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Jun 2015, 6:51 pm

#1014769

is it an alternator?

Type 1 motor or type 4?

My guess is the internal regulator is stuffed on an alternator and will need to be removed to be repaired

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Gusthewonderslug Learner Dubber

17 posts · joined Jan 2015 · 9 Jun 2015, 8:54 pm

#1014780

Type 4

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1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 10 Jun 2015, 7:33 am

#1014794

Diodes are probably toast. You will have to remove the alternator and strip it down.

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

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