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Alternator Smoking #1
Fredrickmn11 Michael Fredrickson Brandon, SD, USA Sign in to contact 1969 Triumph Spitfire MkIII "Olive" 1971 MG Midget MkIII "Calvin" 1971 Triumph GT6 MkIII "Oswald Remington The Triumph"	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 22, 2014 07:56 PM Joined 9 years ago 24 Posts

Hello once again to all of you experienced Midget folk out there, I have yet another quick question: As you can see in the subject, my alternator is smoking when I hook it up. Im not really sure why but that is not a good sign. Any leads on what could be causing this? Im planning on swapping my coil soon, could that be the issue or do you think it could be something else? Im a bit rubbish at electrics so any help in the matter would be great.

Note: For those of you who have been following my restoration, Ive got the engine rebuilt and most everything hooked back up! Now its just waiting on a new starter and hose lines as well as a gulp air valve. Its been quite the adventure!

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Re: Alternator Smoking #2
Billm Bill Masquelier Santee, CA, USA Sign in to contact 1960 MG MGA 1600 1965 MG Midget MkII 1966 Austin-Healey Sprite "Sprite" 1966 Austin-Healey Sprite "Sprite"	Jul 22, 2014 08:23 PM Top Contributor Joined 17 years ago 4,460 Posts

The only time that I have seem this happen is when I accidentally hooked it up backwards (positive ground) and it smoked the diodes.
BillM

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