67 alternator

[William G.]

Does anyone have instructions, or pictures of the rebuilding of a 1967 Delco alternator? In particular, the connection of a condenser wire to the bridge plate!

Does the wire go under the small black insulator, making contact with the bridge plate, or does the insulator go in first, then the brass connector and wire from the condenser, with the screw going through that?

[Joe L.]

Re: 67 alternator

Does anyone have instructions, or pictures of the rebuilding of a 1967 Delco alternator? In particular, the connection of a condenser wire to the bridge plate!

Does the wire go under the small black insulator, making contact with the bridge plate, or does the insulator go in first, then the brass connector and wire from the condenser, with the screw going through that?

William-------


Complete rebuilding instructions can be found in the 1967 Chevrolet Chassis Overhaul Manual (pages 6Y-7 to 6Y-13).

[Donald H.]

Re: 67 alternator

Are you asking about the condenser that is pressed into the back plate?

I've done a couple now and always get confused about the insulating washers. I took a lot of pictures of the last one as I took it apart. Maybe these will help.

Don

[William G.]

Re: 67 alternator

Don,

Thanks for the pictures! I was able to figure out that the condenser wire went under the insulator.

This all started when I took the alternator case apart to walnut blast it back to original finish. When I took the screw out the original insulator fell into several pieces. I was lucky, finding a local shop that had an old discarded alternator. They let me take it apart and I was able to salvage the insulator. I probably could have gotten it free, but I asked what they wanted for it. They guy said a couple of bucks! Being that I did not have to drive around looking for this needle in a hay stack part, I felt the two bills was well worth it!

Thanks again, Bill

[Jack J.]

Re: 67 alternator

Have you blasted yet?

[William G.]

Re: 67 alternator

Yes I have. I used fine walnut shell and it does not significantly change the surface of the metal. Only seems to brighten it.

A while ago, when I started the process of putting the original engine back together, I put a thread on here about removing a rusted heater hose fitting from the manifold. After soaking the fitting several times in Phosphoric acid laced Coca Cola, as well as using Blaster and heat, I was unable to unscrew it. Ended up following some ones suggestion to surgically cut the fitting from the inside and then using a hammer and punch, fold it over on itself. That worked and I did not damage any of the threads! I will have to admit, I was very apprehensive about doing it this way and figured it was my last resort situation.
After successfully removing the fitting, I set about brightening the manifold. I have a commercial aluminum cleaner that welders use to remove corrosion. That took the worst of the age stains off. I followed this with a mixture of aluminum wheel cleaner and Fantastic. Last thing was Mr. Metal polish. I was still not happy with the outcome, as it seemed uneven. That's when I discovered the fine walnut shell medium at our local Harbor Freight store. I built myself a bench top blast cabinet and set about doing the manifold and alternator. The manifold came out darn near brand new!

Bill