Short question:
Does anyone know if an alternator for a 71/72 Pinto is a drop in replacement? It is a Ford 1.6L Kent motor. It is a 3 wire alternator. Two wires in a 3 position plug, and the Batt wire terminal on the back.
Long story:
A few weeks back i purchased a 632. Runs pretty good, but didn't like only having the dummy light for engine temp. Considering there isn't much in the way of parts for this dinosaur. So i bought a coolant temp gauge for it. Wired it up.
Previous owner had a toggle switch to turn the ignition on then use the key to start it. He said that the battery would drain if I left the switch on. I knew it wasn't right, but the machine ran good and I just put that off as a project for a rainy day.
Well i hooked my gauge up to work with the toggle switch on, but as soon as I would turn the key on, my gauge would go blank. So I started digging into the wiring. Did you know that the dye they used in the wiring for a 40 year old Bobcat disappears, so now every wire is a white wire, yay! And then to top it off someone had cut out the plugs of the wiring harness between the rops and frame.
So after probably 8-10 hrs I traced all of the wiring out trying to figure out why my gauge would go blank and why did they have a toggle switch to stop the battery from draining. I don't know if the switch was faulty but the acc side of it would only work with the ignition off and the key turned to acc only. So I replaced it. Gauge worked but still had the battery drain. I ended up finding that the "batt" terminal on the alternator is creating a 4.5A drain. Now if I can just find a replacement that doesn't cost $175. The autozone near me can get an alternator for a 71/72 Pinto. Just don't know if it is a drop in replacement.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Does anyone know if an alternator for a 71/72 Pinto is a drop in replacement? It is a Ford 1.6L Kent motor. It is a 3 wire alternator. Two wires in a 3 position plug, and the Batt wire terminal on the back.
Long story:
A few weeks back i purchased a 632. Runs pretty good, but didn't like only having the dummy light for engine temp. Considering there isn't much in the way of parts for this dinosaur. So i bought a coolant temp gauge for it. Wired it up.
Previous owner had a toggle switch to turn the ignition on then use the key to start it. He said that the battery would drain if I left the switch on. I knew it wasn't right, but the machine ran good and I just put that off as a project for a rainy day.
Well i hooked my gauge up to work with the toggle switch on, but as soon as I would turn the key on, my gauge would go blank. So I started digging into the wiring. Did you know that the dye they used in the wiring for a 40 year old Bobcat disappears, so now every wire is a white wire, yay! And then to top it off someone had cut out the plugs of the wiring harness between the rops and frame.
So after probably 8-10 hrs I traced all of the wiring out trying to figure out why my gauge would go blank and why did they have a toggle switch to stop the battery from draining. I don't know if the switch was faulty but the acc side of it would only work with the ignition off and the key turned to acc only. So I replaced it. Gauge worked but still had the battery drain. I ended up finding that the "batt" terminal on the alternator is creating a 4.5A drain. Now if I can just find a replacement that doesn't cost $175. The autozone near me can get an alternator for a 71/72 Pinto. Just don't know if it is a drop in replacement.
Thanks for any help you can give!
