Alternator Alternatives
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Just resurrecting an old thread here, but we just started carrying the Leece Neville type 230 amp alternator. These alternators don't come with a pulley natively, so I ran the calculations for what the bearings could handle in the sweet spot for our motors and came up with a smaller diameter pulley option.
With the overdrive pulley, the unit does 170 amps at hot idle, bolts right in, comes with a one year warranty, is commonly used in commercial big rig applications, and runs $374.99 with the aforementioned pulley ($349.99 without).
Leece Neville type 230 amp alternator
With the overdrive pulley, the unit does 170 amps at hot idle, bolts right in, comes with a one year warranty, is commonly used in commercial big rig applications, and runs $374.99 with the aforementioned pulley ($349.99 without).
Leece Neville type 230 amp alternator
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Just resurrecting an old thread here, but we just started carrying the Leece Neville type 230 amp alternator. These alternators don't come with a pulley natively, so I ran the calculations for what the bearings could handle in the sweet spot for our motors and came up with a smaller diameter pulley option.
With the overdrive pulley, the unit does 170 amps at hot idle, bolts right in, comes with a one year warranty, is commonly used in commercial big rig applications, and runs $374.99 with the aforementioned pulley ($349.99 without).
Leece Neville type 230 amp alternator
With the overdrive pulley, the unit does 170 amps at hot idle, bolts right in, comes with a one year warranty, is commonly used in commercial big rig applications, and runs $374.99 with the aforementioned pulley ($349.99 without).
Leece Neville type 230 amp alternator
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Thanks for the info. Ed -- couple of questions: does the stock wiring need to be upgraded with this Alt? And: is there anything special about the pulley? I already have a 58mm one on my factory Ford 140A, so am wondering if it would work without mods on the LN unit...
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We added that cable to our kit a few years ago (time flies, so couldn't actually tell you when). It's now called our 'deluxe kit' instead of a 'complete kit' (it's not like we are re-wiring the tail lights)- and also are about to add in a replacement and beefier cable to replace the braided one from Ford by the passenger side door. Some talk about adding all sorts of grounds from the trans to the frame, too, but we aren't fans of promoting a ground path through the trans.
We also now can get anyone that asks for them alternators from:
* the OEM
* A/C Delco
* Bosch
* Mechman
* Leece Neville
* Quick Start
* Mean Green
* Singer
* DC Power
and likely a few others that I mentally missing at this point. Of these, a shout out goes out to DC Power for their two year warranty and their willingness to work on units after the warranty period expires for only the wholesale cost of the parts, with another shout out going to Leece Neville for the incredibly few (we're at *one* these days) warranty claims that we've seen on them that weren't categorically the fault of the customer.
We also now can get anyone that asks for them alternators from:
* the OEM
* A/C Delco
* Bosch
* Mechman
* Leece Neville
* Quick Start
* Mean Green
* Singer
* DC Power
and likely a few others that I mentally missing at this point. Of these, a shout out goes out to DC Power for their two year warranty and their willingness to work on units after the warranty period expires for only the wholesale cost of the parts, with another shout out going to Leece Neville for the incredibly few (we're at *one* these days) warranty claims that we've seen on them that weren't categorically the fault of the customer.
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Sold the truck in January 2016 so no clue...
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Sadly, nothing more from L-N, no. Ugh.
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Prestolite had at one point suggested migrating to a newer design of the unit, but that was seemingly ages ago and it's been all quiet on the western front.
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