My alternator situation, like everything in my lj78, is a bit murky. The shop that did the 13bt swap (landcruisers direct) left me with what looks and acts exactly like a duralast a14681, however, that alternator claims to be internally regulated in the specs, and I have an external reg. The external reg that was in the truck after the engine swap was the mechanical sort with the two coils inside. This reg melted down and killed my battery in a matter of months, and I replaced it with one of those in551 clones off ebay. That's been running fine for years, but with the ensuing engine rebuild and etc... the truck has only actually been operational for maybe 6 or 7 months of solid run-time.
To thicken the plot, I had the truck at Mike Dadja's shop in Dallas back in 2018 and one of the things he pointed out was that the alternator was internally regulated, and there shouldn't be an external reg on it.. I, with many other things to prioritize, continued to focus on getting the truck mechanically sound and left the external reg in, figuring if it wasn't (yet) broke, why fix it.
Welp, now it's broke, and I would really like to replace the current alternator with something internally regulated and closer to 100 amps. Can anyone recommend a replacement alternator that'll fit the a14681 bolt-pattern and drive belt, has the vacuum pump spindle on the back (or comes with a piggy-back v-pump, is internally regulated and has decent amperage?
To thicken the plot, I had the truck at Mike Dadja's shop in Dallas back in 2018 and one of the things he pointed out was that the alternator was internally regulated, and there shouldn't be an external reg on it.. I, with many other things to prioritize, continued to focus on getting the truck mechanically sound and left the external reg in, figuring if it wasn't (yet) broke, why fix it.
Welp, now it's broke, and I would really like to replace the current alternator with something internally regulated and closer to 100 amps. Can anyone recommend a replacement alternator that'll fit the a14681 bolt-pattern and drive belt, has the vacuum pump spindle on the back (or comes with a piggy-back v-pump, is internally regulated and has decent amperage?