TR2/3/3A TR3 alternator conversion

[Deleted member 451]

I know this subject has been talked to death but I am giong to do it. Anyone know someone with a good kit or a really good set of instructions that detail and modifications that must be made to the alternator or brackets.
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[Alan_Myers]

Hi Bill,

I'd refer you to the VTR.org site, but the board of directors have carefully locked away their maintenance info from the prying eyes of *non-member* Triumph owners, the bloody heathens! Gotta pay your dues if you want info!

Ah, but, fear not! We *can* and *will* defeat those greedy souls. Little did they know, their every move was being watched and archived...

Go to https://www.archive.org/ and enter https://www.vtr.org in the Wayback Machine.

That will take you to an archived list of the site's pages, sorted by year. There you might have to poke around to find the maintenance section. It's there, I can assure you. If you find the index or home page, the pages internal links to the maintenance section are active. If a password request pops up, don't worry. That's inactive and you can just click it away.

There are several articles detailing how to convert to an alternator and giving specifics for different cars. I put a Delco #7127-3 in my TR4, using some minor modifications of existing mounting brackets. The only other thing I needed to do was add heavier wiring to carry the 60+ amps (actually it tested to 76 amps at 2000 rpm) and change the car to negative ground (see how to do that on vtr.org archived pages, too).

Also take a look at TeriAnn Wakeman's pages https://www.tjwakeman.net/TR/index.html

I don't know it there is info there about this specific modification, but I bet she at least provides some links.

Cheers!

Alan Myers
San Jose, Calif.
'62 TR4 CT17602L