So, I need a new alternator.. go back to the auto salvage in my town to grab an alternator. What did the guy charge me? $20.

 

So I'm checking out some carbs in this room in a shed, stuff that got pulled off pintos and stuff, there was like 7 different Holley/Weber carbs in there. Some were 32/36, one was a different barrel measurement.... but all of them were missing linkage or throttle stuff. I'm sure someone could pick and piece one together to get a DF series Weber. One of them was even *chokeless*. I mean, didn't have the means to have a choke. And all of this stuff is most likely gonna be moved to the crusher. :boohoo:

 

In my search for something useful, being reminded of my wanting to do a holley/ford two barrel swap... I found it.

 

A complete Motorcraft 2150 with no linkage problems. Electric choke... everything on it. You know what the guy charged me? $15! $15 fricken bucks! One of these rebuilt (this one looks freshely rebuilt, it's fricken CLEAN as hell!) can go for $200 or more.

 

I think I scored on both accounts. today, Jon is a happy man. oh yeah. and my car runs again. that's cool too.

ten minutes of making a new battery wire connection, cleaning the alternator belt, and swapping and cleaning alternators later...

 

14v on the dash readout. Right where it was before.

 

yeah buddy. . . the twenty dollar score.

Congrats on your findings... does your car still sound all beefy like when Andrew and Russ and I came out to... wherever that was... Millersburg or somewhere at that shop?? What did you end up doing to fix your car this time??

Awesome find on the carb. Alts are usually $15 around these parts, but hey - as long as it worked, it's worth 20.

 

You think his sounds beefy.... ya ought to hear mine... hehe

 

GD

GD - does yours still sound like when I was out there?

 

I had 2" straight back to cherry bombs and ran it for a while. it ended right after the front seats. it was loud. awesome low end. sounded like a much bigger car.

 

Now I'm running six feet of 1 3/4" ID flex pipe back on each side to a custom made Y pipe, that goes to my old catalytic converter. The one in-line that has the air valve. Right now the air valve is unmuffled, so it's got a loud crappy raspy sound to it. but when you start it up, it sounds a little beefy but not too loud. nothing that the people inside the house would really notice too much as an nuisance.

Go back there and see if hes got a Turbo for a 84 Nissan 300zx for me.. The electric one.!!

last time i had to get an alternator from the yard, i picked up two good alts. Then walked up to the counter and found out it was 1/2 price weekend. Ended up getting both alts for $17.

 

-Brian

I've already cruised through the yard. There's definately no Nissans worth remembering.