Auxillary alternator hookup ?

[locknut]

Thanks.I can squeeze the belt together and see some movement.A brace from the top of the adjustment arm over to the opposite rail should do it.

 

[Willl]

Do I need to use a disconnect or solenoid on the hot wire from the 1-wire delco to the battery?

All the one wire GM-delco's I've messed with didn't need one. Wired straight to the batt.

 

[GT2]

There needs to be a switch, or disconnect the wire when not using.

When I said this I may have misunderstood, I thought you meant a single wire that excited the alternator, not as in one battery cable wire alternator, like below.

All the one wire GM-delco's I've messed with didn't need one. Wired straight to the batt.

If this is your alt in the pic, this wire diagram is correct.

 

[locknut]

I went ahead and wired it straight to the battery.Got it up and running and it's smooth as silk.With the batteries run down a little and the heater on high it's pulling 40 amps with the on line induction meter.The digital tach says the driveshaft turns 2664 RPM at full throttle,so the alt is twice that with the 5" pulley.

So far,so good

Some more pics and a vid.Vid's not so hot.All I had was my flashlight.

 

[jenkinsph]

Looks good but I would check the belt tension after some run in time.

 

[Travelover]

Nice job.

 

[/pine]

where is the best place to shop for items like the shafts (both the splined and the PTO jack shafts) and the pillow blocks etc...

thanks

 

[milkman]

where is the best place to shop for items like the shafts (both the splined and the PTO jack shafts) and the pillow blocks etc...

thanks

Here's a good place to look, just type in "kubota" in the search box and there are a couple of shafts, also a good place for the bearings.

https://www.surpluscenter.com/

 

[locknut]

Been getting some good seat time with more snow today.Finally got an amp/volt gauge hooked up.It's from Coleman-Air in TX.Here's a pic.Voltage is the top one.