dklawson
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This is a slightly different question about alternator conversions.
I converted my GT6 to a Delco alternator several years ago. I've had no problems with what I did... but I didn't do anything special with the wiring to keep things looking original either.
On the Mini I gutted the Lucas generator control box and used it as a junction box for the wiring so I didn't have to cut or splice the harness. This give the engine bay a much more original look. It also has the advantage that it's much easier to put the car back to a stock configuration.
I have a friend who wants me to help him do an alternator conversion and I want it to be neater than what I did on my Triumph. I haven't found any articles talking about gutting an old Triumph control box and using it as a junction for the wiring.
After studying the diagram for my car it looks like I should gut the control box and run heavy shunt wires between the two heavy gauge spade lug terminals. Similarly, it looks like I should install a shunt between the two small gauge spade lugs... leaving the ground/earth lug disconnected. (All this with the coils and such removed from the old, dead control box). It should then be a matter of leaving the wires in their original positions on the control box and plugging the generator wires into the back of the alternator (heavy wire to a big lug, small wire to the field coil spade lug). Optionally, we can run an extra heavy gauge wire from the remaining alternator output terminal to the hot side of the starter solenoid.
Am I missing anything? Has any Triumph owner used a dead, gutted control box as a junction box or is the something only done with the BMC cars... and if not... why not?
I converted my GT6 to a Delco alternator several years ago. I've had no problems with what I did... but I didn't do anything special with the wiring to keep things looking original either.
On the Mini I gutted the Lucas generator control box and used it as a junction box for the wiring so I didn't have to cut or splice the harness. This give the engine bay a much more original look. It also has the advantage that it's much easier to put the car back to a stock configuration.
I have a friend who wants me to help him do an alternator conversion and I want it to be neater than what I did on my Triumph. I haven't found any articles talking about gutting an old Triumph control box and using it as a junction for the wiring.
After studying the diagram for my car it looks like I should gut the control box and run heavy shunt wires between the two heavy gauge spade lug terminals. Similarly, it looks like I should install a shunt between the two small gauge spade lugs... leaving the ground/earth lug disconnected. (All this with the coils and such removed from the old, dead control box). It should then be a matter of leaving the wires in their original positions on the control box and plugging the generator wires into the back of the alternator (heavy wire to a big lug, small wire to the field coil spade lug). Optionally, we can run an extra heavy gauge wire from the remaining alternator output terminal to the hot side of the starter solenoid.
Am I missing anything? Has any Triumph owner used a dead, gutted control box as a junction box or is the something only done with the BMC cars... and if not... why not?