With that filter you may want to consider oil analysis. They are known to
not filter out silica.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 7:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?

other views in my old van

http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/images/final%20web%20pics/my%20engine/pict
ures/engine4.html

http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/images/final%20web%20pics/my%20engine/pict
ures/engine6.html

http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/images/final%20web%20pics/my%20engine/pict
ures/engine2.html

alistair

On 2012-09-23, at 4:37 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Gotta see if I can find one-a them things.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 09/23/2012 04:37 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> well, sort of.
>>
>> the cover bolted up fine except that the cutout for the wires was not in
the right spot when I clocked the cover so that vent was pointed at the
drivers side. So I cut a new space for wires and taped up old space.
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>> On 2012-09-23, at 4:31 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>> They make (made) back covers for our alternators?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>
>>> On 09/23/2012 04:02 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>>> yes.
>>>>
>>>> I had a Porsche 924 or was it 944 sourced back cover for the
>>>> alternator in my '82 westy I4 install. The back cover had a short
>>>> tube extension (about 1.75" diameter) to which I connected a hose
>>>> that ran to the base of the driver's side air intake.
>>>>
>>>> you can see a pic here on my old neglected website
>>>> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/images/final%20web%20pics/my%20en
>>>> gine/pictures/engine3.html
>>>>
>>>> alistair
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2012-09-23, at 3:28 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dennis writes to say, "[...] if you have 90 amps with a drop of 12
>>>>> volts you are dissipating 1,080 watts [in the alternator] as
>>>>> heat."
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone looked at ducting cool air to the fan intake on the
>>>>> alternator? Probably not. Am I boldly going where no man has gone
>>>>> before?
>>>>
>>