Re: Re: new member

Fitting an alternator charge light wasn’t simple on mine, it needed a 14v relay to switch it off when it was charging, not idling otherwise it simply stayed on.

To get it to charge properly at low speeds and in traffic due to the Tractions low idling speed and 3,800 top speed revs, it required a 70mm diameter pulley for the alternator, then because of the small diameter pulley standard v belts weren’t flexible enough and lasted less than 3,000 kms before starting to crack I had to source a 17 mm Gates notched belt (B38 MN )

You can ‘split’ the supplied pulley on a lathe and put a spacer in to widen it so that the belt sits in lower giving you that smaller diameter and faster spin rate. I had a new one machined locally though.