FE alternator mount

Jim Holden · #1 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 09:08 AM

The ERA pieces are custom for their cars due to clearance issues. Have Bob send you (or make available) the manual. It clearly shows the proper parts.

Jim

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Holden

The ERA pieces are custom for their cars due to clearance issues. Have Bob send you (or make available) the manual. It clearly shows the proper parts.

Jim

Jim really should have been a mechanic at ERA, I'm sure that would be his dream job. Speaking of dream jobs, Gunner, that brings to mind a literary quiz: What 20th century classic piece of literature takes its title from Jim working at ERA? It's one of the greatest english novels ever written, and you don't need a JD to figure this one out.

Jim Holden · #3 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 11:59 AM

Lord of the Flies?

Actually, I'm not allowed to touch my own cars. I can stand there (wine glass in hand) and point and say; "Gee, why can't we do..." ...and have everyone roll there eyes and say "Sure Jim, no problem." then I go home.

Jim

patrickt · #4 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 12:01 PM

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Lord of the Flies?

No, but that's a nice guess. I gave enough hints... and I'm sure you read this book in high school.

Gunner · #5 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Holden

The ERA pieces are custom for their cars due to clearance issues. Have Bob send you (or make available) the manual. It clearly shows the proper parts.

...sigh. I didn't look under "Parts Preparation." Thanks.

I should have read my Korzeniowski as well.

Jim Holden · #6 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 12:18 PM

...and JD Salinger was some 45 years ago...

patrickt · #7 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 12:19 PM

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...and JD Salinger was some 45 years ago...

Excellent.

EDIT -- Holden Caulfield's dream job was to be the Catcher in the Rye. JD Salinger

Jim Holden · #8 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 12:57 PM

Gee:

"Young readers now see the protagonist of JD Salinger's “Catcher in the Rye” as a whining preppy, not as a virtuous outcast."

I'm not so sure I like this characterization...

Jim

patrickt · #9 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 01:00 PM

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Gee:

"Young readers now see the protagonist of JD Salinger's “Catcher in the Rye” as a whining preppy, not as a virtuous outcast."

I'm not so sure I like this characterization...

Jim

The fact that you were able to solve the puzzle is enough to put you in the latter category.

RodKnock · #10 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

Excellent.

EDIT -- Holden Caulfield's dream job was to be the Catcher in the Rye. JD Salinger

Was that book about Yogi Berra eating a pastrami on rye sandwich or something?

Gunner · #11 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Holden

The ERA pieces are custom for their cars due to clearance issues.

I have the assembly apart and my first notions are confirmed: I didn't think this was ERA's work because the two support bars are, er, pretty crudely worked. Bar stock, roughly cut and shaped and drilled, no finish at all on bare steel. Looking it over, it looked more like someone's junkyard fix than any proper mount. I wonder if someone fabbed these from ERA descriptions instead of waiting for ERA to provide them.

It will all clean up nicely.

Jim Holden · #12 (**permalink**) 12-15-2009, 02:05 PM

If you are able to post a picture, we'll know.

Jim