-=> Wayne Chirnside said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "ALTERNATOR RATINGS" on 01-21-03  14:53.....

 WC> You've still got vehicles that _can_ be tuned up?
 WC> Here a tuneup means change of plugs, oil, filter, possibly
 WC> a new sensor or if you're really unlucky a new computer
 WC> module.

I can't afford one of those newfangled vehicles with a computer.
Mine still has the standard carburettor, distributor with
mechanical points and Kettering ingnition.

 WC> I liked vehicles with points and a few simple tricks
 WC> allowed you to really get mileage out of them.

Yup, me too.

 WC> The alcohol trick trippled the time to point pitting in my
 WC> experience with even oil from one fingers shortening point life.

Hmmm... that's a new one to me. I must remember it.

 WC> Sometimes progress isn't like finding myself stranded
 WC> when I had a low battery on a Yamaha 1100 
 WC> where my old Yamaha 650 with points would run with an
 WC> indicated 7 volts at the 12 volt battery terminals.

I had a diesel van some years ago that would crank over with the
battery as low as 4 volts, but the fuel cutoff solenoid on the
injector pump wouldn't work below about 9 volts, so no start.

I always felt there was something wrong there, and that I should
do something about overcoming it -- a voltage booster, or a spare
battery or something.

 WC> Mind you it ran a bit rough at high RPM but than it only

But it worked and could get you home!

 WC> required an old dirt cheap regulator to fix, from 
 WC> a salvage yard at that.

Yup. Been there and done that 

From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia

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