Series Alternator.

G'day all.

i have a 2.6 litre 6 cylinder series 3, and glossing over an old brochure i
just recieved i noticed this line "Alternator: 15 ACR."

Am i right in thinking that this means it is a 15 amp alternator?? now in
anyones books, this is pathetic. so of course i am thinking (this is were
you guys come in), how easy is it to chuck a different alternator in. as
long as I can get it to stay put, and use the appropriate voltage regulator
there shouldn't be any probs right??

Just after any info from people who may have put a non-standard alternator
into there series rover.

Thanks.

Samuel wrote:
>
> i have a 2.6 litre 6 cylinder series 3, and glossing over an old brochure i
> just recieved i noticed this line "Alternator: 15 ACR."
>
> Am i right in thinking that this means it is a 15 amp alternator??

15ACR is the Lucas model number. IIRC they are about 30 amp output and
when the smoke hasn't escaped they're not too bad a unit. If you want
more output (and assuming from your email address you're based in Oz)
it's probably easiest to grab a Bosch alternator (Commodore, Falcon, or
buy brand new from somewhere like http://www.ingram.com.au) and
fabricate a bracket to suit - they're not hard to make fit and are
(again IIRC) at least 55 amps and easily found up to 80 amp.

I've got a 80 amp Bosch on my Holden powered Series IIa and it keeps up
with winching quite happily.

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"Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote:

> G'day all.
>
> i have a 2.6 litre 6 cylinder series 3, and glossing over an old brochure i
> just recieved i noticed this line "Alternator: 15 ACR."
>
> Am i right in thinking that this means it is a 15 amp alternator?? now in
> anyones books, this is pathetic. so of course i am thinking (this is were
> you guys come in), how easy is it to chuck a different alternator in. as
> long as I can get it to stay put, and use the appropriate voltage regulator
> there shouldn't be any probs right??
>
> Just after any info from people who may have put a non-standard alternator
> into there series rover.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

15 ACR is the model nimber - it's a 45amp alternator as far as I
recall

Richard
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