Type 44 alternator cooling?

[Cody Forbes]

Yup, there's a duct that attaches to the bumper. I think it's on the same bit of plastic that mates with the oil cooler duct. I've had 9 5000's and only seen one of these ducts!

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

> On Feb 16, 2015, at 6:52 PM, DeWitt Harrison <dewitt635 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For many years, I've been a little curious whether there should be some
> sort of cooling ducting for the alternator on these cars but I've never
> gotten around to asking. When I bought my used 5ktq back in 1990 or so,
> there were no alternator cooling provisions other than the front pulley
> cooling fan and the rear cover with a hose port oriented toward the front
> bumper. No hose and, as far as I could tell, no place near the front bumper
> for such a hose to connect. Missing parts?
> 
> Yet in the ETKA, I do see a short duct hose and a hose clamp with which to
> secure it to the alternator's rear cover cooling port as well as some sort
> of fitting on the forward end which looks like it should plug into
> something. My alternator could probably use some additional cooling,
> especially since I have modified the regulator arrangement to an external
> unit set for a bit higher output voltage than stock.
> 
> Is anyone aware of some sort of air collector box or baffle for these cars
> which supplies air to an alternator cooling duct hose?
> 
> Curious in Boulder, CO.
> DeWitt Harrison
> 1988 5000CS
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