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Originally Posted by jimthe1st
Rear Edges...toasted...
That strangely looks, and fits, like the trailing edge of a boat propeller that has been operated for to long, or to often, in cavitation. On the other hand..was that assembly involved in an engine fire at some time?
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Jim... my photos have a dark (charred) appearance but that is only due to photo contrast. There was NO fire here.
Avi... even given all the cracks in my housing, there was still significant strength to it. Add the strap around it and I have to suppose that supports it even more.
Below... a considerable lack of respect was applied to free the alternator. There was a little bit of elasticity to the magnesium while tearing into it but not much. Once the housing gave way... it crumbled quickly.
Replacements...
OEM fan (polished and rebalanced) and Vertex housing. I think comments are fairly similar in the Forum about the fit of the Vertex housing to the cooling shroud... the shroud requires minor modification to align the bolt holes that secure the ignition wire retainers and the shroud to the housing. The alternator I had fit extremely well into the Vertex housing.
