Whenever I see stuff like this ...
I just imagine someday in say 12 years, when the car and the coolant have
150,000 miles on them ...
and the corrosion in the alternator's cooling system part starts leaking
inside a little...
betcha ...
at a GM/Chevy dealership ....that's gonna be an up  to 1,000 dollar repair.
$ 900 at least.

and isn't that interesting..
GM car with a Hitachi alternator.
what happened to AC Delco ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: water cooled alternators

> At 08:38 PM 4/29/2010, Danny C. wrote:
>>Are you saying you have an air cooled van and want to use an
>>alternator off of a water cooled van?
>
> No, he means an alternator which is water-cooled.
>
>>There are several new alternator designs out there - General Motors
>>has gone to water-cooled alternators (yes, there are 5/8" hose
>>nipples on the back of the alternator) to keep the diodes cool on
>>the newer model 4.6L Northstar V8s.
>
> http://www.hap.com/products/Alternators/Water/index.html
>
> Yours,
> David