Hi Art,

Yep, that must have been what I did to find bad diodes.
As I remember it must not have been that difficult to do but I had it spun before hand.

The picture of that alternator is not my favorite color for anything electrical.
What did it come off of?

Must have been a Granny Apple truck or an old John Deere something or other?
The regulator pocket looks Bosch though.
Is it still alive or is it still dissected? (:-) Pictures last a long time.

George’s electric has been in business since 1969. He was born and raised here so everyone knows his place and his sons run it too.
The old man is old school conditioned as in, he tells it how it is.
Instead of using a battery isolator Lester went that two in one route.

He knows about the latest stuff because of his two boys and all are business shrewd.
There are some things he only orders and never stocks. Yet, has an upstairs that can hold surprises.
He had an Air Tex fuel pump for my Motorhome’s Koehler generator.
Sold it to me for far less than an identical model replacement on line.
Only we didn’t talk about alcohol fuels in use today.
The New one touts compatibility but @ twice the cost for a different diaphragm.
But then again it’s a motor home that gets 10 miles a gallon and the coach generator uses nothing by comparison.

The shop leaves Lester alternators alone, along with the British and Italian alternators as much as possible.
He says those are “stews” he doesn’t like to stir in.
He says there are many other work arounds down in the master level of internal parts or bolt on replacements. That’s Wisdom speaking to me.
Some are compatible even though he does the Bosch line he studies them closely as he knows them by site. Especially the brushes of alternators and various starter teeth drives for Ford vehicles.
Fords are is still a mixed bag of weeds for everyone but then aren’t all new cars.

Did you read about the $260 siren for a car alarm on a 2001-4 Volvo? Held on by a shear away bolt under a fender shield held with plastic one time use rivets.
Crazy stuff as it Knocks out door locks and other things from working. What a headache.

Anywho, I hope you are doing well.

Phil