2002 Alternator Upgrade

[Guest Anonymous]

To upgrade my 74 2002,I bought an alternator (for 77-79 320 autos) from Bavarian Auto. upon receipt I found that the shaft was about a half inch longer than that of my original. (The shaft is long enough to interfere with the coolant fan).

Does anyone have insight into this problem? Was I provided the wrong item, have specs changed, or do I need to have a machine shop shorten the shaft.

[Guest Anonymous]

to produce over 80 Amp or so by taking it to a alternator shop. I was going over this issue on friday with a guy for am alternator shop

[Guest Anonymous]

This requires just to hook up the blue wire, because it has an internal VR.

[Guest Anonymous]

and yes the late E12 bolts right up...but be careful...the early E12 alternators are *not* internally regulated. Don't make the same Pick n' Pull mistake I did...wrestled the alt out of a '75 530i only to discover it had an external regulator. Got one out of an '81 528i and it worked perfectly--internal regulator and all.

TIm

'76 2002

'03 Golf

[Guest Anonymous]

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