Subject: RE: Arrgghh generator backet cracked

Author: David Whalen

Date: May 21, 2002, 6:13 AM

Post ID: 1710294034

Fred,
This thread has been a revelation for me. I
finished putting my Eldo
together last fall, and since then I have noticed a
type of knocking
sound coming from the engine, which stopped after
the engine was warm. I
also have a T3 and have never noticed any noise from
that engine. I had
thought that something in the engine was assembled
incorrectly, and it
really bothered me. I was having nightmares about a
loose bolt on the
big end of a connecting rod, which would come loose
and cause my
expensively rebuilt engine to disintegrate.
After reading the first post on this subject I
realized what my
problem was. I inspected the generator and noticed
that there was
virtually no clearance between the engine case and
the generator pulley.
After removing the generator and bracket, I noticed
that the forward
engine 'web' to which the the front of the bracket
is bolted had worn a
groove in the bottom of the bracket, probably caused
by an over-tight
generator belt. I cut a piece of thin aluminum (from
a Heineken beer
can) which I put under the bracket to provide more
clearance for the
generator. I also shimmed the part where the
locating stud is, using
some soft plastic (I thought this would work better
than rubber).
Although I will not test the fix till tomorrow,
I feel confident
that the rattle and knock will be cured. I will
report back if it is
not.
Brian M.
'74 Eldo
'78 T3

Fred Sahms wrote:

All this talk of loose/buzzy generator brackets

prompted me to pull mine

out and examine it. It shows some evidence of

running with the bolts

loose and there is a nice crack from the forward

hole to the edge. When

I bolted it to the block and put in the generator,

the generator doesn't

quite touch the block where the locating pin is.

Is theis where guys

have been adding the rubber?

I am bidding on another bracke on Ebay (Hi Mike!)

73 Eldo in crates
78 T3/949