<VV> (VV) GEN/FAN & electrical -Arjay Morgan

[Arjay Morgan]

Fellow Varians:
A week or so ago I posted to the list the ominous
GEN/FAN light that appeared while on my way home on a
dark and lonely road.

Here's an update:

The cluprit is apparently a burned out armature in the
generator. My generator rebuilder gentleman says it'll
be over $100 for a new one if he can even find one.

Sitting in a box I have an alternator adapter casting
and two alternators. Obviously, I've been planning
ahead. Equally obviously, the cost-benefit equation
favors switching to alternator power.

The question is this: I'll need a new gasket to mate
the casting to the engine, cheap, yes, but the
shipping from either of the vendors will be three
times the cost of the gasket.

I have a friend who is an aircraft powerplant
rebuilder and he's offered me some cork gasket
material from which to make one. Has anyone in the
group used a cork gasket in this position? Are there
any issues with the thickness of the cork and the
length of the fuel pump push rod? How about torque
specs for the four hold-down bolts when using cork?
What about leakage? 

Unca Lon lists cardboard, better cardboard and nitrile
in his catalog, but nary a mention of cork. I guess my
concern is whether this material can stand up to not
only the heat and the oil, but also the 40 psi or
thereabouts that it has to bear up to.

Thoughts and advice please before I go to a bit of
trouble making a gasket out of the wrong stuff.

Thanks,

Arjay Morgan
CORSA
64 Monza convert



	
		
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