Rebuild an alternator
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If you notice white powder on the brackets or hardware, you have electrolysis going on there... (Mounts are aluminum and hardware/engine is steel... What were they thinking??) Remove and media or water blast them. | If you notice white powder on the brackets or hardware, you have electrolysis going on there... (Mounts are aluminum and hardware/engine is steel... What were they thinking??) Remove and media or water blast them. | ||
| + | If you are a "stickler" install a copper braid strap from a good ground on the alternator to a good ground on the engine block. This will assure good electrical performance and elimnate mounting brackets from being important to the electrical ground path. | ||
Get some electrical bonding paste for aluminum wire and coat the bolts and mounts, anywhere they touch steel... | Get some electrical bonding paste for aluminum wire and coat the bolts and mounts, anywhere they touch steel... | ||
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