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Thanks Roger

I was thinking of getting one for my Spitfire restoration project. Have a Denso on the Vitesse, but it only has two spade terminals. This has three. What goes to the P terminal or do you not use it?

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4 hours ago, Mark said:

Thanks Roger

I was thinking of getting one for my Spitfire restoration project. Have a Denso on the Vitesse, but it only has two spade terminals. This has three. What goes to the P terminal or do you not use it?

I have these on a couple of my Triumphs. P is not used.

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I have one of these awaiting fitment.

One of the reasons (OK, excuses :biggrin:) for not putting it on is that I need to source a plug for the ignition light wire.   Does anyone have the correct reference for this - and maybe a cheap source.
...also be careful if ordering the part that Roger has referenced - one of the drawings shows a multi V pulley.  This part number should have a 10mm V pulley.  Worth checking with the seller.

Cheers,   Will.

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Hello All

             It arrived today and is the real job and they even put in a plastic Vernier Gauge which will be ok for rough sizing  (I have a good quality Jap one for accurate stuff)

Roger

ps its only a spare and I could always sell it for the same if needed?

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Also bought one, thanks for the link Roger, can confirm it is as pictured, genuine Denso with vee pulley, and also received the plastic vernier.

If you could @rogerguzzi, maybe you could describe how yours is mounted, I saw from your previous posts that you have a custom top bracket made from rod ends, is your lower mount the standard Triumph one?

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Hello David

                   What car is it for as I have fitted one on Spitty and one on the Vitesse?

I used these people for the rod ends and joining link (I will measure the lengths  I used tomorrow and look at the engine brackets)

Male Threaded Rod Ends (Metric & Imperial))

I used 8mm as they were cheaper and the bit of loose fit does not matter as the a done up tight?

Roger

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16 hours ago, rogerguzzi said:

What car is it for as I have fitted one on Spitty and one on the Vitesse?

Hi Roger,

It's going on my Herald so will be identical to your Spitfire, mostly just curious if you had to do anything to the lower mount or the spacer? The size of the turn buckle bar would be really useful to know. Both your installs look very neat! I see on the Spitfire you also made a small plate rather than use the original hole through the water pump housing?

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Hello David

                   I think you would find the rose joint would not fit under the vee belt and that way it all lines up nicely 

I will sort a few dimensions out tomorrow and the belt length

A real plus is you can remove No1 plug easy now

Roger

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Hello David

                   These are to details of Spittys alternator fixings.

The first thing I noticed is your Herald has a different mounting bracket as it was a dynamo?

Looking at the parts book I do not think it would be strong enough if you just used the front hole of the bracket?

As you can see the Spitfire one bolts up to the front engine plate.

So unless you have a spacer between the 2 ends of the bracket it is liable to tilt/move?

If you can obtain a Spitfire bracket it would be better I think?

The plate at the water pump end is a piece of 3/4" x 1/4" steel with holes 1" apart(I threaded the one 8mm)

The adjuster centre piece is 70mm long with left and righthand threads 8mm.

The Space is 25mm dia x 33mm long with a locating bit on the front that is 0.530" to suit the hole in the engine plate that I may have enlarged to give a better location?

The bolt is 10mm x 120mm I assume I opened up the bracket hole to 10mm to suit the Alternator size?

The vee belt I use is SPZ1087 but you water pump and crank pulleys may be a different diameter so a different belt would be needed

Roger

ps I hope this helps

pps I fitted the new one to make sure it works and will leave it on and keep the old one as a spare!

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Hi Roger, thanks again for all the details, can definitely replicate this on my car, other than the belt which like you said will be different for the small crank engine.

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Is that a coolant temperature sensor for the ECU I spy there in the last photo?  I've been thinking about how I get another one into my setup and that looks like a reasonably good place to drill and tap a connection.

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50 minutes ago, egret said:

Is that a coolant temperature sensor for the ECU I spy there in the last photo?  I've been thinking about how I get another one into my setup and that looks like a reasonably good place to drill and tap a connection.

Hello 

         No that is the dash gauge one.

The coolant one is on the other side and a proper one with 2 connectors and a proper plug  that is to Mickey Mouse for me?

I will take a photo late and show you.

Roger

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