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i sent pixs but they haven't been posted yet. its only been 2 weeks tho..... any how; my alernator on my stock 1980 chevy luv 4x4 is bad. i have factory ac and radio. its stock 1.8 ltr engine, with the manual tranmission.


heres my question; does anyone know if its a 35 amp or 50 amp alternator?


i wanna avoid excess trips walking to auto zone. i haven't gotten it out of the truck because "my mechanic"(friend who i begged)isn't ready to work on it yet. i'm trying to get everything ready .


my mother in law says theres no such thing as the alternator belt, that its just a reg belt put on the alternator;
i say no there is such a thing
whos right?

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With factory ac it should be the 50.
As for the belt...well why don't we compromise and say it's a v-belt. Or possibly as the factory manual calls them "Drive belts"

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thanks i was assuming the 50 b/c of ac.
so when i change the alternator i ask for a drive belt then?
b/c i might as well replace that too.
thank u

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Happiness is stroking the lizard
(what?! i have a five foot iguana;
what were you thinking )

OUCH!
got luv bumps?

I would think you could just ask for the alt. belt for a ??year and ??motor for a luv. Shouldnt be any more complicated than that.

ya i thought that too. i have sevice recipts that call it an alternator nelt,
hopefully my pix i sent get posted soon

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Happiness is stroking the lizard
(what?! i have a five foot iguana;
what were you thinking )

OUCH!
got luv bumps?

ooops alt Belt

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Happiness is stroking the lizard
(what?! i have a five foot iguana;
what were you thinking )

OUCH!
got luv bumps?

I have a 35 amp alternator but I plan on puting some of road lights on my truck could I put a 50 amp alternator to get more power but I dont have ac would it work?

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If you cant find it grind it

79 4x4 1.8 liter
75 K 10 Lifted with 383 stroker
69 Jeepster comando v6

it would work just fine

are all the bolts the same and the belts

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If you cant find it grind it

79 4x4 1.8 liter
75 K 10 Lifted with 383 stroker
69 Jeepster comando v6

should be

Actually from what I saw on my 79 the A/C and non-A/C alts are exactly same, but the A/C version has a smaller pulley so it turns faster. It is hard to tell for sure if they are internal identical, but that is all I can see for differences.

The parts book does show different part numbers for a lot of the internal and external parts though, including the case. It didn't look different to me though, and the smaller pulley would explain the boosted output.

Every place I checked lists the same voltage reg for A/C and non, so it should not make any difference which you use when replacing the alt.

im running a 50amp alt on my truck right now. Only diference is its demensionally a little bit bigger. Everything works though (bolts/brackets and the belt).

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