Axel info urgent

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Originally Posted by Defender Mike

Well the axel went in ok all good headed off East yesterday got as far as Norseman about 800 ks . The ignition light started to come on and stay on then go out again. Pulled into Norseman put on the brake nothing pedal to the floor. A bit of down shifting and overshoot the turnoff finally rolled to a stop. Found a cracked brake line right rear where it goes into the salve cylinder. Fitted new line and bleed all good. I pulled of the generator fitted new fan belt light still intermittent but battery is charging 14 volts when motor running. Drove 400 ks in daylight no problem but at night the lights started to dim then fade out altogether. Now in Park area 12ks from Cockelbiddy won't start flat battery. I hope to get a jump in the morning. I'm sure it's the regulator will try and run a new earth wire tomorrow .mif I play around with the regulator the ignition light goes out but as soon as I drive off it comes on again.
Hope I can fix it enough to either get to Port Lincoln where Peter has quite a few spares or to Wilmington and see Dave or even Adelaide Ian has lots of bits as well.
Mike:o

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hi thers a guy in brizzy rebuilds to 32 amps old school tradesman regards jim

I'm in Bourke now Brissy tonight . Russell can you give me the name of the guy who does the conversion to alternator.
I'm
Still in the truck much easier than driving myself and cheaper.

There are a number of people around the place who fit various alternator internals inside the housings of Lucas dynamos.

Some of the small Mitsubishi Electric and Nippon Denso alternators on baby sized rice burner cars are small enough to slide inside some Lucas dynamo housings, including using the alternator front mounting and adjuster legs. You then fix the rear of the Lucas housing with the end plate and its original mounting leg/point. (To fix the end plate, you can open the cover band for the brushes on the Lucas dynamo, cut a length of flat bar to fit exactly between the two square holes, you then drill and tap the flat bar to accept the bolts that will clamp the end plate in place and then re-fit the cover band.)

You will have to adapt the Lucas pulley (or get a replacement) for the B section V belt.

You leave the original Lucas regular box in place but swap leads to merely use the regulator as a fashion item and terminal block.

• The "D" terminal is left blank and a heavy Batt wire goes from B+ on the alternator to the "B" terminal on the L regulator with two other wires for the battery and vehicle systems.
• D+ on the alternator can be connected to the "WL" terminal with the warning light wire (which goes to Ign.)

Remember this will convert the vehicle to negative earth, so you will need to swap the terminals on the battery and the ammeter and you should also include a shunt in the ammeter circuit as it will full scale as soon as the alternator starts charging.

It is likely something you could do in your own workshop.

Thanks

Don't have a workshop at the moment moving onto our yacht so will need to get a shop to do this for me. We have sold up in WA and moving to Qld will be cruising the Rast Coast for a while . Will keep the 109 as a run around while in Port.

I bet there are a few landy enthusiasts around the place in Qld who would gladly assist and loan you their garage for the job. But time would be spent away from sailing.

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Originally Posted by Defender Mike

I'm in Bourke now Brissy tonight . Russell can you give me the name of the guy who does the conversion to alternator.
I'm
Still in the truck much easier than driving myself and cheaper.

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hi mike allan hill 32779377 he lives and works on site off evans rd if you get to redland bay they have long term parking in a locked compound to store your landy safe and if you sail out in morton bay i live 500 metres from royal queensland yaught squadron and i have my own jetty at the bottom of the block regards jim