kykin
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Post by kykin on Jan 23, 2008 19:56:09 GMT 11
with out this i can see more problems occuring.
any good ways of keeping ur alternator out of the mud? besides not goin in. any special housings or easy ways to mount it higher?
i dont like how low and vounerable it is and cant afford a new one after each muddy crossing.
what do yall do?
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Post by geeves on Jan 23, 2008 20:33:24 GMT 11
To always keep it out of the mud you need to mount it as high as the top of the snorkle. Of course this isnt that practical. It can be remounted in place of the aircon but you loose aircon. This gives 6 or 8 inches protection but thats all. The last alternator I killed also left mud on top of the bonnet. The one before saw the mud leave a tide mark on the side windows. (somes still in the car 5 years later)
I have heard of people fitting water sprays to wash the brushes etc but dont know how well they work
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kykin
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Post by kykin on Jan 23, 2008 23:21:50 GMT 11
i dont plan on getting water through my door rubbers but i know im gonna have the full wheel depth under mud at some point at least so top of bay will suite me fine, seems to work for every diesel cruiser iv seen muddy. just need an easy way to do so... seeming impos but  |
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Post by geeves on Jan 24, 2008 10:40:27 GMT 11
even cruisers kill alternators sometimes. You dont here them moan as often because they dont have the expensive vacume pump on the back of theres and they can change them in 30 min.
If you do serious off road just expect to do an alternator every now and then.
How long they last is unpredictable. My first one looked original so over 12 years old my second one was rebuilt at under a month old This then did 3 years before failing again.
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kykin
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Post by kykin on Jan 24, 2008 21:56:00 GMT 11
yeh...... man any one else but alan got anything to say on hear.
his helping me in 2 diff topics on the exact same thing, lol.
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gecko
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Post by gecko on Jan 27, 2008 17:39:59 GMT 11
the only thing i can think of is putting the alternator in a protective casing that is slightly bigger than the alternator and only having an unsealed gap around the pully shaft, then to keep it cool and stop mud getting in having compressed air constantly feed into the casing, would create high pressure and stop mud getting in through by the pully shaft but you would need to have air constantly feed into it to keep it cool which wouldnt be such a cool thing if ur not 4 wheel driving in mud, like just normal driving around town.
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