Alternator Noise
What brand alternator to buy?
2 years and 4 months ago, I replaced the alternator and regulator in my 1975 E model with a solid state regulator and a "Plane Power" alternator.
Notice I said 2 years and 4 months. That is 4 months out of warranty and the noise (ac ripple) coming out of that thing is something terrible. Called Plane Power and they suggested a capacitor on the output. That didn't work. The whining noise in my headset made me shut down the electric bus after touchdown yeste
This looks pretty close to the Plane Power alternator. Unlike the Prestolite alternator, it looks like the diode assembly is not repairable. But it can be replaced without soldering.
If you remove the rectifier assembly and take it to NAPA they can probably match it up.
This is definitely a job for the hangar fairies. It is not legal in any form. Re-soldering a fractured diode is just a repair and would be legal, but replacing a part with and automotive replacement would not. That bei