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08-31-2016, 11:31 PM
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Why?
Why are most alternators mounted on the left side and some mounted on the right. I've seen both ways with pwr steering. A/C requires a left mount. This isn't a problem...I just cannot arrive at a logical reason. My v8 '69, no a/c, PS, is mounted on the right and impedes where I want to mount a filter and fuel pressure gauge. Insight needed.
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08-31-2016, 11:45 PM
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Re: Why?
IIRC they changed to the right side mount and long water pump in 1973. Your truck would have had the short water pump and left side mount originally.
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09-01-2016, 12:01 AM
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Re: Why?
from what I read on here it has something to do with the power output of the alternator look on here for mad electric in one of the alternator conversion threads from external to internal
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09-01-2016, 07:22 AM
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Re: Why?
These alternators were mounted on the driver side with A/C on the passenger side. Anything different is later.
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09-02-2016, 01:22 AM
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Re: Why?
As for why, I figured the reason was they had radiators with the hole in the top on the drivers side, and it was cheaper to move the accessory drive around than get new radiators. So they wanted to put the alternator on the passenger side to make it easy routing the top hose.. Then the gargantuan AC compressors start showing up, and they'd rather put those on the passenger side because it was easier to route all the AC crap on the same side as the evap box, and moving the alt to the driver side was cheaper.
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09-02-2016, 01:42 PM
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Re: Why?
Yeah, there's no logical reason why they get mounted to a certain point sometimes. Engineers have a mind of their own. Automotive technicians and automotive engineers will rarely see eye to eye, with one trying to remove every last inch of workable room, and the other trying to gain every last inch of workable room.
There's both alternators and AC systems on both sides of a vehicle depending on year. |
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09-02-2016, 01:56 PM
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Re: Why?
Just speaking extemporaneously, the AC system is always on the passenger side, so to keep the lines shorter, it makes sense to have the pump on the passenger side. So that moves the alternator to the driver's side. How much this actually influenced their decisions I don't know, but AC would be becoming more and more common as the years went by.
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09-03-2016, 12:32 AM
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Re: Why?
Thanks to all who answered. I feel somewhat better now, but I have this hang up when I don't know the "whys" on changes and/or alterations. Thanks again. RonG
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