charging system issues: the return of

[davidpertuz at mindspring.com]

In response to yours and Omer's messages, I should point out (as I think Ray did) that my alternator appears to be fine - I could not have driven for 30 minutes at night on a stone-dead battery if it weren't. If it's not the battery itself, perhaps it is in the charging circuit between the alternator and the battery, but the alternator handled driving just fine. 

This will teach me (again!) about procrastinating, I hope. Maybe I'll actually replace the rod bearings in my SE-R before it gets cold again! :)

david

-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin <martin_g34 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jul 28, 2009 5:47 PM
>To: se-r list <se-r at se-r-list.org>
>Subject: Re: charging system issues: the return of
>
>FYI:  The B15 alternator will work with no modifications and it also puts out 100amps.
>
>I've had nothing but bad luck with remanded alternators.  Just like Omer, they would last six months or so and the voltage regulator would take a dump..  

>> From: Omer F. Khan <ohmfab at comcast.net>

>> David,
>> 
>> I've had a lot of charging issues in the past with my '92.
>> I went 
>> through about 4 Autozone alternators in the last two
>> years.   I tried 
>> everything.  I changed the battery, I cleaned all the
>> connections and 
>> made sure nothing was corroded, I even ran a 12 guage wire
>> from the 
>> alternator output directly to the battery.  Nothing
>> worked and every 6 
>> months or so the alternator would die. 
>> 
>> I finally resolved my charging issues by putting in an
>> alternator from 
>> an Altima that I got it from a junkyard.  I think it
>> was a '95 but I am 
>> pretty sure you can use one from any year of the first
>> generation 
>> altimas with the KA24 engine.  The body of the
>> alternator is the same 
>> except the output is higher.  I think100amps instead
>> of 80.  Even the 
>> plugs are exactly the same.  The only modification
>> required is to use 
>> the pulley from my stock alternator as the altima pulley is
>> inset about 
>> 5mm too far and is a bit smaller in diameter.
>> 
>> Omer
>> '92 White SE-R
>> www.ohmfab.com