finaly gave up trying to make my standard sierra alternator fit today and it seems a bit pointless having such a huge alternator to just run a few lights!

so which one's best to go for? model/year of vehicle would be good or a part number would be excellent! or even all of the above!!

getting the buzz to be getting on with things again now i know i'll be back at work off the sick in a week or so and thus have some much needed money back to spend!

cheers
john

Been asked (and answered) loads before.

IMHO Bedford Rascal (or the Japanese equivalent) are good. Really small and have a Pinto profile 'V' belt. Loads about (3 in my fav' scrappy) and cheap- £20 ish.

There are a couple of models of alt' so look for the alloy casing one.

If you have the bracket from the Rascal too then you can easily cut off the U shape bit that it bolts to and weld this to a new plate that fits your Pinto engine mounts. 30 min job!

Hope that helps,

James

sorry i figured it had been asked plenty before but i lose the will to live after searching things for a few minutes!

scrap yard here i come

thanks.

dihatsu charade or suzuki vitara wee easy to wire up but needs a 12v feed to exite the alternator see siert's website for details
tony

so has anyone used a rascal alternator and managed to find a feed for an electric choke? I've got a rascal alt which charges the battery, but i can't seem to get anything from the other terminals. on the sierra there was a post with a nut which fed it but the rascal one aint got that. what can i use?
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can't you just run a feed from ignition so as soon as u start up it gets a feed?

auto choke feed on them is about 3 or 4 volts i think

I used the alternator from an Daihatsu Charade.
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