<VV> Generators vs Alternators Throwing Belts

[hallgrenn at aol.com]

I have a lot of respect for the early model Corvairs--they were  first Corvairs--the vanguard that changed so many ways of thinking about cars.   I did things in my family's '61 700 4dr that no one in lesser vehicles could do.  But I still prefer my alternator LMs (and GB alternator conversion).  Are you suggesting that if an alternator is throwing belts that we strap 15 pounds of copper and steel on top to mimic the extra dead weight that an early carries around with it's generator?  :}

Bob
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Lonny Clark via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
To: Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com>
Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wed, Sep 16, 2015 9:03 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> Shop Manual, Corvair Basics Manual, VV


I broke an ear off the generator of an early, and I drove it for months
with
the generator just laying on the top of the engine with one bolt in.
And it did
not throw a belt in that entire time, and that belt was old -
like more that
ten years old. You could pull it off without tools, but it
would not jump off
on its own.

Conversely, a few years back I converted it to an alternator, it
threw a
belt the 3rd time I drove it (and overheated, and lost valve seat,
and
etc...)

Lonny

Lonny Clark