Hey!!! Great news Saul. Congratulations. The little stuff is never done. JC On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I found a way to get Clustertruck's alternator back on...using the correct > lower alternator bracket for a '73 Sprint, and a spacer and jackleg upper > bracket that was on my truck before. I finally got the car going, and the > generator light does not stay on after the car is shut off (original problem > that started this whole mess). I'm not out of the woods yet. For one, the > thermostat housing is now leaking (I had to remove a bolt from it during one > of my unsuccessful attempts to replace the upper alternator bracket. > Furthermore, my generator light does not appear to be working at all. > That's still a step up from before, where the only way I could keep the > battery from draining was to disconnect the battery everytime I parked the > car. I suspect that my generator light problem had to do with the fact that > the red wire coming from the back of the alternator was rubbing up against > another part. The new installation just looks better...lots of room for the > alternator to slide back and forth. The local salvage yard supplied me with > a good spacer and alternator bracket, which was much better than the cobbled > POS that existed on the car previously. > > > > I didn't drive Clustertruck very far, just enough to park it in its winter > parking spot behind my house. But all I need to do is replace the > thermostat gasket. Should be an easy job. Easy as pie. Easy, like > replacing an alternator is easy :) > >