Just an FYI(may or may not help)
Many moons ago I had my 79 RRC, and after changing the Lucas alternator eveyr year or so, I got fed up.
Also, I fitted twin thermo fans, and 130w spotties(plus the 100w high beams) and on a warm night with everything lit up, battery drain was very severe with only 65Amps from the alternator.
So the last time the Lucas failed on me, I got a friend sparky to get me something better.
I'm sure he got me a Bosch that fitted a 280ZX(maybe) .. and it was almost a direct fit for the Lucas.
I recall that the Bosch was 80amps, which helped too.
Having spotted the LXA119 model now, it appears for all intents and purposes identical to the Lucas alternator that failed(maybe 30 odd years ago).
I'd kept the Lucas it in a storage box totally forgotten till a little while back.
Being a Lucas, it still doesn't' work, and will never work!
Anyhow, just a heads up that there are better alternators out there that may last a lot longer ..
That Bosch outlasted the rest of the car .. even tho the car lasted quite some time(in klm terms .. ~400K klms).
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