#@$!$%^ing "ultranators"

[Brendan]

On Thursday 19 January 2006 12:44, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> Broken AGAIN.  Voltage regulator is putting the voltage so high the
> Bozo speakers shut off up front and the gauge is pegged...and that's
> with every accessory I can think of turned on.  I had to drive the
> car home 5 miles in 5th @25-30mph to keep revs low enough that the
> alternator wouldn't generate too much voltage.
>
> Folks- regardless of how nice Avi is or how long he's been on the
> list- his alternators are built with cheap crap for components; this

Avi has always been a nice guy to me, and I put an "ultranator" in my 
4kq....but, yes, I had a problem with the ultra's VR pegging really high 
numbers. So much so that Huw and I put the old VR on the new 
ultra-nator...Been perfect ever since. Honestly, I just put it down to a bad 
batch or something...

I can further vouch for the ultra, with regard to its toughness, since I hit a 
pothole, ripped the 'nator off the car, broke the bracket, and it STILL 
worked.