The Truck has a 3 camo paint job as the base Green Black Brown. Then it looks like it was painted green and Black then the white, then at least 3 coats of just green.
The Paint has aligatored down to the white but it is falling off all over down to the Base 3 camo paint. There has to be 40lbs of paint on this unit.
I was out to the acerage today. And took some Pictures of the Altenator for Gilles. Unfortunetly there was no part number on it that I could see.
But I was able to track it down on the net.
It is a Delco Remy 30-SI/TR series alternator.
It is 90A output for each voltage and of Brushless design. (thats a big bonus) Weight is 11.2 Kg. It is an internal voltage regulated alternator so it is a one wire hook up alternator. The only wires going to it are the ground , 24V charge and 12V charge.
This dual voltage alternator could be adapted to other applications I imagine.
It would solve the 12V avalibilty issue on our other Military vehicles. But do not go looking to stuff it under the hood of an Iltis. LOL
It is designed for high milage heavy-duty extra large line haul diesel engine applications with 12V vehicle systems that have 24V start. It is way way over kill on the CUCV and most likly will out last every thing else on the truck.
I still wonder how that scabbed together bracket will last in the long run.
If a person was pounding on the truck consistantly I doubt it would hold up.
Fortunetly the lower bracket is a substantial cast peice and the lower alternator mounts are of bridge type mounting. It does not appear that the stock lower mount has been modified. The PCV hoses have been modified to accept the Alternator but that is a minor modification.
It appears that the Dual voltage regulator has been removed I assume it was located on the front of drivers fender under hood. As the there are bunch of wires taped up there and a mounting plate that is now bare.
Also the truck has been converted to 12V glow plugs and the big resistor grid although still in place has been abandoned.
It looks like the DND removed the more trouble prone underhood 24V items. Now the only Item on the truck chassis that is 24V is the starter which is just as well in my opinion. The rest of the truck chassis is all 12V and the Van body is all 24V.
I have attached a couple of pics of the Alt and the modified bracket as best I could with out tearing it apart. It looks like they lengthened the bracket and the adjustment slot was opened up wider to accept the larger Alt adjusting bolt
Matthew
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