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I'm glad to be able to return the favor of info.....here it is.
There was a post a while back I found yesterday about non isolated ground alts on the driver side. The thread indicated that a 74 cadillac alt was 78 amp and would work/fit into desired spot. Only half right. The cadillac alt is same size but lacs lower rear ear leaving you 1 bolt short of a good install, I guess it would work in a pinch. I got lucky in my search for an alt that was available at napa PART # 213-4022. It fits an 86 chevy van with 5.7(350) and thats it, so watch the junkyards. Even better is that it has everything but an isolated ground and is available with 100amps. less than 100 bucks!
Next is my own invention, if you go to a civy truck and pull the drive and pass batt trays(pass with coolant bottle attached) you can eliminate the cracked coolant bottle from 1984 on driver side and put it where it went factory. Hold on, I know what your thinking, i'm defacing my 1008.
I did this because with mods more parts are available commonly and it allows the addition of extra batt on drivers side to run snow plow or other service device and old parts could be re-installed in a couple of hours if you wanted to sell the truck or something.
Wire front batts in parallel like civy truck and attach rear batt as you already do.
I've asked around and this mod should not change the voltage at critical spots but could help those of us in cold climates get that extra bump from starter on cold mornings as well as run my plow without draining my starting system.
I hope some or all of this info helps the cucv owners here. i've only had my truck 10 days and i've been through volt guage issues, alt issues (both) and weird electrical smell in cab that I have not tracked down yet. Sometimes it helps to be unemployed tempoRARELY like me! The truck has gotten the attention!
There was a post a while back I found yesterday about non isolated ground alts on the driver side. The thread indicated that a 74 cadillac alt was 78 amp and would work/fit into desired spot. Only half right. The cadillac alt is same size but lacs lower rear ear leaving you 1 bolt short of a good install, I guess it would work in a pinch. I got lucky in my search for an alt that was available at napa PART # 213-4022. It fits an 86 chevy van with 5.7(350) and thats it, so watch the junkyards. Even better is that it has everything but an isolated ground and is available with 100amps. less than 100 bucks!
Next is my own invention, if you go to a civy truck and pull the drive and pass batt trays(pass with coolant bottle attached) you can eliminate the cracked coolant bottle from 1984 on driver side and put it where it went factory. Hold on, I know what your thinking, i'm defacing my 1008.
I did this because with mods more parts are available commonly and it allows the addition of extra batt on drivers side to run snow plow or other service device and old parts could be re-installed in a couple of hours if you wanted to sell the truck or something.
Wire front batts in parallel like civy truck and attach rear batt as you already do.
I've asked around and this mod should not change the voltage at critical spots but could help those of us in cold climates get that extra bump from starter on cold mornings as well as run my plow without draining my starting system.
I hope some or all of this info helps the cucv owners here. i've only had my truck 10 days and i've been through volt guage issues, alt issues (both) and weird electrical smell in cab that I have not tracked down yet. Sometimes it helps to be unemployed tempoRARELY like me! The truck has gotten the attention!