The old alt was starting to go so I figured it was time. The low light would come on and off after a cold night for a few minutes and at idle I was barely able to make 12v, mostly hanging around just above where the idiot light comes on at 10.5 to 11.8 on average.
Of course this had to happen AFTER and early 80 alum rad mod, blue clutch, front crank seal, and PS seal, would have been so much easier then!
Pretty straight forward though and with Bill's kit (photoman) it was pretty painless.
First source a 03-07 Sequoia alternator, ebay $80 delivered with 130K on the clock. Add a new brush from Beeeeeeeeeeeno for under $20
Bill's kit which is slicker than snot on a wet rock.
Remove the pulley from the old and swap to the new, impact works best for this.
Get the bare bracket fitted first
Follow the instructions! Get the new one fiddled in and before you slide it in get the belts on like such
Then wiggle it in, the bushing puller bill includes with the kit works great to make room.
I used a small punch to get it lined up for the main belt
Here are the old brushes, the FJZ is the left one, the dust cap came off with the metal cover, it was shot. I probably could have gone the brush route with the stock but seeing that I had just enough cash to go the upgrade route I did. The sequoia brush could probably had gone another 50K but for the small cash to replace it and ease of doing it now made sense.
At idle now I sit between 12.9 and 13.1, a HUGE improvement, almost doubling the stock output for less than a replacement chinacom that will notoriously fail before 100K it was a no brainer for me to justify.
Of course this had to happen AFTER and early 80 alum rad mod, blue clutch, front crank seal, and PS seal, would have been so much easier then!
Pretty straight forward though and with Bill's kit (photoman) it was pretty painless.
First source a 03-07 Sequoia alternator, ebay $80 delivered with 130K on the clock. Add a new brush from Beeeeeeeeeeeno for under $20
Bill's kit which is slicker than snot on a wet rock.
Remove the pulley from the old and swap to the new, impact works best for this.
Get the bare bracket fitted first
Follow the instructions! Get the new one fiddled in and before you slide it in get the belts on like such
Then wiggle it in, the bushing puller bill includes with the kit works great to make room.
I used a small punch to get it lined up for the main belt
Here are the old brushes, the FJZ is the left one, the dust cap came off with the metal cover, it was shot. I probably could have gone the brush route with the stock but seeing that I had just enough cash to go the upgrade route I did. The sequoia brush could probably had gone another 50K but for the small cash to replace it and ease of doing it now made sense.
At idle now I sit between 12.9 and 13.1, a HUGE improvement, almost doubling the stock output for less than a replacement chinacom that will notoriously fail before 100K it was a no brainer for me to justify.
. One solution would be the smaller pulley, but I don't want my alt to spin any faster as I am geared lower and already up there in RPMs on the highway. I wish there were a slightly longer belt alternative.
