Ferret Alternator Question

[Malcolm Towrie]

That's the thing, we don't have gauges. Of the 3 Ferrets I have fixed up here, not one has a gauge installed despite all having an alternator. Not even the gauge mounting plate.

To further confuse me, the 4th Ferret I have worked on, which is on permanent loan from a private collector and has been restored, it has the gauge, but it also has the light wired in somehow and it never goes out despite the gauge showing good charging! So I've removed the bulb.

I'm not hung on the light at all, gauges are good. I'll need to track down 3 gauges and mounting plates.

Malcolm

[rob love]

It is a very common gauge, still used today on a few military vehicles. Mind you, in Cdn service, much less vehicle types than they used to be.

I don't recall now, it having been a few years since reading the instruction, but was the bracket for the gauge manufactured as part of the modification ?

[Malcolm Towrie]

I don't know, I don't have the instruction.

I'll check out our various Ferret part stashes here for gauges and plates.

Not a high priority though since as you say these alternators are reliable and we have a couple of good spares to replace the bad one we found in one Ferret.

[rob love]

The gauge was the same one used on the later Jeeps, the M151A2, the deuce and a half, the 5 tons, the MLVW, the M113 family, the M109.....the list is endless.

[Brad Mills]

Some photos I took of my Ferret for reference. This is how I received it. If there is something more specific you need to see I can take some photos for you. Gauges are easy to find, on Epay all the time. Not much to the bracket.

Hope these help a bit.



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[rob love]

Brad
Long time no hear.

Ebay also has the little green lens for the end of the turn signal arm. http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-Vintage-...2OaTCQ&vxp=mtr

[fv1620]

Malcolm as far as the British conversion using Generator No.10 goes the P & R connections are shown on page 64 of this
http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread...Latest-Version