Powder Coating FD Plenum ???

[shaunwil]

No its sitting at 11v on the pfc, knew straight away. I\'ve had my aternator to bits before, had some issues when i put it back together. May have broken a wire. Just will be a knightmare to take apart again. Time to get the soldering iron out !

I\'ll have to use my brake opener to carefully prise the case apart and pull the main rear bearing out, its a damn tight fit.

Shaun

[sdminus]

Oh. not good boss. MAy be you have bust a diode or a link to one.

Scott

[shaunwil]

Well i\'ve had it to bits. I think i messed up the grounding in the alternator at the back, so i\'ve scraped all the powdercoat off the offening areas and rebuilt and refit the alternator and no joy. Going to have to take it to bits again and have another play. I tested continuity off the mounting screw and got a good result, but i think i should have done it off the rectifier. If its knackered i\'ll just have to buy some more internals, been bidding for one off ebay just in case.

Couple more pictures before i take it out for the 3rd time Should be worth it though.







Shaun

[allstaruk]

Looking good, whats the cost of powdercoating things?

[shaunwil]

Its all dependent on the amount of masking that needs to be done to it. The plenum and elbow together cost me 80 quid with clear laquer and the throttle body and alternator case together cost 100 quid with laquer.

Looking at the internals of my alternator i don\'t think it was properly charging. Reading through the manual the front brush is worn past the wear limit and i can\'t find any more places on alternator that it grounds to.

I know a place I can take the internals to for testing and overhaul, so the car will be off the road till then

Shaun