Type 44 alternator cooling?

[Paul Caouette]

Sorry about the previous "stumble." Why change voltage output? The literature out there on max voltage to optimize battery life is quite extensive. 

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> On Feb 16, 2015, at 11:40 PM, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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