As someone pointed out, it would have been better to undo the stuck nut by holding the rotor, and not the pulley. I wasn't comfortable clamping the outside claws (claws?) of the rotor and wrenching on it, but that probably would have saved the key.
The key looks fine to me, it appears to be an offset woodruff key, that's the one that you said looks sheared. I only know this as the ducati I have uses those on the camshaft drive pulleys to set the timing. Don't know why one would be fitted to a belt driven alternator though.
I've had success undoing the nut using an old fan belt with the running surface roughed up to hold it still in the vice. It avoids damaging the rotor or pulley. Those keyways are *always* FUBAR.
I had a basic understanding of an alternator but you just totally and utterly made me understand the complexity of an alternator, I will Never look at an alternator the same again, the clever design of such a fantastic thing. Thank you
That was BY FAR the best 3 phase AND AC to DC breakdown and explanation that I’ve ever seen. That includes 4 years of electronics engineering. Well done sir.
Thank you very much for this video, im in the process of restoration of a Land Rover Santana 1977 (109" pick up). Today i finally finish my alternator restoration!!! Regards from Guatemala, Central America.
at this point i am thinking your auto parts and hardware store see you more than wifey...great stuff Geoffrey..You surely deserve a boatload more of subs....
Geoffrey. A great video. We have referenced this in our latest educational video aimed at helping out the sail community. Thanks for sharing. Ant, Cid & the Pooch crew.
Great video! One of the best explanations of AC/DC current and it's conversion etc. Binge watching this whole series on my day off! Still ain't got the bottle to get me a restoration project yet though .....
I can't believe you actually repaired this. I forced myself to watch this - as an exercise in building patience (at 2x speed, skipping along the trivial bits of course).
This is the best kind of video: full of impressive know-how and technical expertise but at the same time it makes the material so understandable that even a dope like me feels like he might be able to do it.
MAD respect for you sir! I'd have tossed the old alternator and not even bothered, but you _dominated_ that puppy. I just finished binge-watching all the videos you have on your Land Rover Restoration, and I absolutely love them. I love restoring things, (and watching people restore things) and I love Series 3 Land Rovers. Can't wait for more videos!
I just discovered your videos. I don't know a thing about all this, but I'm learning a bit, thanks to you, and that's actually mesmerizing. Regards from France!
Thanks for another entertaining video. I run the engine shop for a company that restores early British cars and seeing the King Dick tools brought a smile to my face. I bought enough of them they gave me a free shirt although i'm not brave enough to wear it here in California.
I have just realised why these videos are the best on UA-cam: They combine Hitchcock level suspense (waiting for something to go wrong), classic rock, and elements of autonomous sensory meridian response (the soft sounds of loosening a bolt) - the combination of which is just too much for me.
‘Gee, Billy. Two videos!’ Thanks for making my night. There were great. Seeing the flying retainer (?) injuring you has incentivized me to begin wearing glove. I have had far too many cuts on my left hand. It is time to take action.
Wow! Cool to see how far you went to reuse the original alternator. And inspiring to see that it is even possible to do what you did. Next time I will definitely not just scrap an old part and replace with a new.. 👍🙂
And now you have far better plating on your alternator than ever came out of Lucas's factory Geoffrey! A very nice job likewise the gearbox. Fair play to you mate, a lot of dedication goes into a LR restoration, as one who has done one I know! Keep up the good work mate!
Worked my way through you gearbox resto to this point so far, and have to say it's been excellent. Also, very entertaining with your humor. With regards to cleaning aluminum castings I found the best product to use is cheap pressurized cans of domestic oven cleaner from the supermarket. They will have warnings of 'NOT' to use on aluminum. But, if you spray it on and wash it off within a minute or so (repeat if necessary) it does a brilliant job of getting rid of the dreaded white crusty oxide and the alloy comes up looking almost new. Restored a few mag wheels from the 70's using this method followed by a light 2000 grit wet sanding and then polish.
Dude, I feel 10 years older. When you said "a new alternator costs as much as a tank of gas" I drew a long breath! Shame you didn't include the plating process in the video ; ) Seriously though, great workmanship. I love the way you show all the products you use at each cleaning, de-rusting etc. stage - very useful to everyone else. Also, having seen all the various screws, bits and bobs, a video of the whole process is great to come back to when unsure where a certain part or screw fit in the assembly. Very useful!
Love your work and your humour - I especially appreciate your underlying acceptance that failure is simply an opportunity to enhance your learning. I wanted to share with you something I did to restore the 1970 mustang’s pot metal steering column that someone dropped on the floor without the steering wheel on the assembly. The perfectly round section just beneath the steering wheel was restored to perfect roundness by machining the appropriate dia and a highly polished radius to act as a forming tool. The appropriate relief was machined in to clear for the ignition switch (or whatever you require to clear). The thin fragile lip that the second half of this column mated with was my biggest concern therefore I waterlogged a 2x6 for a couple of weeks to make it spongy as a base for the fragile lip. Using an arbor press and barely licking the affected housing area with a torch the weight of the arbour press handle was all it took to ease the perfect dia back into perfect roundness. Cheers
Top video, loved the detail. Lucas really new how to make a simple concept complicated. Wow, what a nightmare to fix roadside. (Soldering iron to remove regulator 🤦♂️) Keep up the good work 👍
Are you and Project Binky having a race to see who can do the most amazing 'car thing' in the slowest time? I was thinking you'd beat those guys easily, but after this, I'm not so sure. As you said, you DO have a whole car to restore. Love your work. Looking forward to the next one :-)
Haha, too many reality TV shows. I read that if you employ profesionals the average car restoration takes over 1000 hours of labour. It's gonna take me a lot longer than that. And then times about four to turn it into videos!
You have become one of my top three favourite UA-cam channels, along with uncle bumblefuck, and the elderly Anthony. I am happy to watch literally any video on whatever topic or activity comes to your mind (caution: preceding statement may be fueled by bottles of O'Shea's Irish Pale Ale)
Hey Amigo! Love the way you make and edit the videos. Nice to see how you mix the quietness of the place with the voice and sometimes putting the music. Awesome job doing the edit, and of course sharing your knowledge with the rest of the world. Btw, nice Spanish accent, I tell you, I am from the Canary Islands!!! Saludos!
Mate I'm restoring a old 40 series cruiser so really enjoying your videos. Your editing is bang on too! A perfect mix of technical know how, shoulder shrugging, wit, dry humour and effects! Just Perfect! A pleasure to watch, looking forward to all your future videos! Keep it up!
Thanks Geoffrey excellent videos as always, I’ve never stripped an alternator that far before, though spent many a happy hour getting spares from the local scrapyards. Open mouthed at how good the zinc plating looked and loved your ingenuity in truing the housing on the Myford. Kind regards Graham
I'm really enjoying the videos. You have a great way of explaining what you are doing. I have a S3 and I'm replacing a few parts at the moment to get it back on the road but I'm not a Mechanical Minded as you.
The replaceable slip ring (disc) on the end of the shaft is so much better than the Bosch design with two normal rings next to each other. The prince of darkness did get something right from time to time
14:45 Being a full-wave rectifier, it also brings the reversed voltage around (via wiring connections) and adds it into the DC output. That's why it has six diodes and not just three.
Geoff, promise me you'll get and impact driver and an impact wrench. Might I suggest Makita. I managed to do an engine swap between 2 scooters in 5 hours with the help of them. They solve 90% of stuck bolt/nut problems instantly.
As someone pointed out, it would have been better to undo the stuck nut by holding the rotor, and not the pulley. I wasn't comfortable clamping the outside claws (claws?) of the rotor and wrenching on it, but that probably would have saved the key.
Probably would have been better to just buy a new alternator, but then you could't have shown off your King Dick wrench. :D
There is something very satisfying about holding the pulley with only a gloved hand while an impact driver whirls the nut off.
The key looks fine to me, it appears to be an offset woodruff key, that's the one that you said looks sheared. I only know this as the ducati I have uses those on the camshaft drive pulleys to set the timing. Don't know why one would be fitted to a belt driven alternator though.
I've had success undoing the nut using an old fan belt with the running surface roughed up to hold it still in the vice. It avoids damaging the rotor or pulley. Those keyways are *always* FUBAR.
Would it have been possible to wrap the v belt around the pulley, and put it in the vise? Never taken one apart, fun to watch, thanks for sharing!
I'm loving these vids.... it's like ThisOldTony reads a Haynes manual :-)
Definitely getting ToT vibes
YES!!! Exactly!!!! hahahaha so good
My thoughts exactly haha
I had a basic understanding of an alternator but you just totally and utterly made me understand the complexity of an alternator, I will
Never look at an alternator the same again, the clever design of such a fantastic thing. Thank you
That was BY FAR the best 3 phase AND AC to DC breakdown and explanation that I’ve ever seen. That includes 4 years of electronics engineering. Well done sir.
“Santana mixed with Lucas. The pinnacle of reliability” Thanks for uploading another great video!
Thank you very much for this video, im in the process of restoration of a Land Rover Santana 1977 (109" pick up). Today i finally finish my alternator restoration!!! Regards from Guatemala, Central America.
at this point i am thinking your auto parts and hardware store see you more than wifey...great stuff Geoffrey..You surely deserve a boatload more of subs....
Geoffrey. A great video. We have referenced this in our latest educational video aimed at helping out the sail community. Thanks for sharing. Ant, Cid & the Pooch crew.
The only problem with your videos is that there are not enough of them.... Extremely amusing and actually very very informative.
Thanks!
Why do the english drink warm beer? Because Lucas also built refrigirators.
Stephen Hauer hahahahaha 😆
I’m okay on drinking warm beer but this is just too funny!
I drink warm beer because I always have also drive a old 1970 Land Rover funny world
There's also "Lucas, the prince of darkness". I've owned three Triumphs, a '64 and '65 TR4, and a 69 TR6. I know all about Lucas.
Lucas, the prince of darkness...lol
GIVE ME MORE!
DAMN!!! I love you both!
I'll never be able to get to my own projects if I keep finding good videos like this.
Great video! One of the best explanations of AC/DC current and it's conversion etc.
Binge watching this whole series on my day off! Still ain't got the bottle to get me a restoration project yet though .....
I can't believe you actually repaired this. I forced myself to watch this - as an exercise in building patience (at 2x speed, skipping along the trivial bits of course).
This is the best kind of video: full of impressive know-how and technical expertise but at the same time it makes the material so understandable that even a dope like me feels like he might be able to do it.
Haha, thanks!
Satisfying to watch...and as a completely ignorant 'electricktrickery' technophobe educational...really like the time lapse soldering
MAD respect for you sir! I'd have tossed the old alternator and not even bothered, but you _dominated_ that puppy. I just finished binge-watching all the videos you have on your Land Rover Restoration, and I absolutely love them. I love restoring things, (and watching people restore things) and I love Series 3 Land Rovers. Can't wait for more videos!
Cheers Justin
I just discovered your videos. I don't know a thing about all this, but I'm learning a bit, thanks to you, and that's actually mesmerizing. Regards from France!
I appreciate your explanations of how each alternator component functions. Superb video, as usual.
Thanks for another entertaining video. I run the engine shop for a company that restores early British cars and seeing the King Dick tools brought a smile to my face. I bought enough of them they gave me a free shirt although i'm not brave enough to wear it here in California.
Damn Geoffrey, your production values are really getting good. Bravo. What a great video. Can't wait to see you do the A/C compressor.
One of my favorite channels on UA-cam - the quality of your recording is second to none!
I have just realised why these videos are the best on UA-cam: They combine Hitchcock level suspense (waiting for something to go wrong), classic rock, and elements of autonomous sensory meridian response (the soft sounds of loosening a bolt) - the combination of which is just too much for me.
‘Gee, Billy. Two videos!’
Thanks for making my night. There were great. Seeing the flying retainer (?) injuring you has incentivized me to begin wearing glove. I have had far too many cuts on my left hand. It is time to take action.
I have never seen an alternator repair being documented this enjoyable
Wow! Cool to see how far you went to reuse the original alternator. And inspiring to see that it is even possible to do what you did. Next time I will definitely not just scrap an old part and replace with a new.. 👍🙂
Jeez I like your videos Geoff. When i cant be arsed going out to my shed i watch you and somehow it feels like I'm getting something done
Haha, thanks Matt
I do not own a Rover yet but I am enjoying the show! Thank you Mr. C
Awesome video as usual. Im blown away that there's still NOS of something as obscure as a back cap for an alternator that's 4 decades old.
This would have to be the best alternator rebuild video I have ever seen. Top job Geoffrey.
Hello Geoffrey. After the clean up, it looks like new! You have a talent for refurbishing. Enjoy the day. Ray L
And now you have far better plating on your alternator than ever came out of Lucas's factory Geoffrey! A very nice job likewise the gearbox. Fair play to you mate, a lot of dedication goes into a LR restoration, as one who has done one I know! Keep up the good work mate!
Just came across your videos. I really am enjoyed them!!!
Worked my way through you gearbox resto to this point so far, and have to say it's been excellent. Also, very entertaining with your humor. With regards to cleaning aluminum castings I found the best product to use is cheap pressurized cans of domestic oven cleaner from the supermarket. They will have warnings of 'NOT' to use on aluminum. But, if you spray it on and wash it off within a minute or so (repeat if necessary) it does a brilliant job of getting rid of the dreaded white crusty oxide and the alloy comes up looking almost new. Restored a few mag wheels from the 70's using this method followed by a light 2000 grit wet sanding and then polish.
Dude, I feel 10 years older. When you said "a new alternator costs as much as a tank of gas" I drew a long breath! Shame you didn't include the plating process in the video ; ) Seriously though, great workmanship. I love the way you show all the products you use at each cleaning, de-rusting etc. stage - very useful to everyone else. Also, having seen all the various screws, bits and bobs, a video of the whole process is great to come back to when unsure where a certain part or screw fit in the assembly. Very useful!
Love your work and your humour - I especially appreciate your underlying acceptance that failure is simply an opportunity to enhance your learning. I wanted to share with you something I did to restore the 1970 mustang’s pot metal steering column that someone dropped on the floor without the steering wheel on the assembly. The perfectly round section just beneath the steering wheel was restored to perfect roundness by machining the appropriate dia and a highly polished radius to act as a forming tool. The appropriate relief was machined in to clear for the ignition switch (or whatever you require to clear). The thin fragile lip that the second half of this column mated with was my biggest concern therefore I waterlogged a 2x6 for a couple of weeks to make it spongy as a base for the fragile lip. Using an arbor press and barely licking the affected housing area with a torch the weight of the arbour press handle was all it took to ease the perfect dia back into perfect roundness. Cheers
Your videos are excellent and well worth waiting for. Thanks for sharing!
Top video, loved the detail. Lucas really new how to make a simple concept complicated. Wow, what a nightmare to fix roadside. (Soldering iron to remove regulator 🤦♂️)
Keep up the good work 👍
You could also say you have an alternate alternator
Fact.
Damn it, wish I'd thought to say that!
man some of the subtle humor is so funny... that "King Dick England" really threw me off guard and had a chuckle
Great videos you've really helping me with my 2a battles , keep them coming.
This was the most beautiful thing I've seen in a fortnight
Man, you are extremely skilled and it's a pleasure to watch your work. I'm glad I started watching your videos.
Are you and Project Binky having a race to see who can do the most amazing 'car thing' in the slowest time? I was thinking you'd beat those guys easily, but after this, I'm not so sure. As you said, you DO have a whole car to restore. Love your work. Looking forward to the next one :-)
Haha, too many reality TV shows. I read that if you employ profesionals the average car restoration takes over 1000 hours of labour. It's gonna take me a lot longer than that. And then times about four to turn it into videos!
your channel and blog are really helpful since im restoring a 68 2a
Cheers
You have become one of my top three favourite UA-cam channels, along with uncle bumblefuck, and the elderly Anthony. I am happy to watch literally any video on whatever topic or activity comes to your mind (caution: preceding statement may be fueled by bottles of O'Shea's Irish Pale Ale)
Beautiful job I like the setup when shaving the housing.
this was 5 times more interesting than i expected it to be.
Hey Amigo! Love the way you make and edit the videos. Nice to see how you mix the quietness of the place with the voice and sometimes putting the music. Awesome job doing the edit, and of course sharing your knowledge with the rest of the world. Btw, nice Spanish accent, I tell you, I am from the Canary Islands!!! Saludos!
Muchas gracias hombre! 😁💪🇮🇨
Mate I'm restoring a old 40 series cruiser so really enjoying your videos. Your editing is bang on too! A perfect mix of technical know how, shoulder shrugging, wit, dry humour and effects! Just Perfect! A pleasure to watch, looking forward to all your future videos! Keep it up!
Two videos on the same day. Awesome and unheard of. You need to release a mix tape. As always brilliant work and soundtrack.
Haha thanks
I have enjoyed your videos, Educational and Entertaining.. I would say some of the Best on UA-cam..
Thank you. Super informative and fun for other Series rover enthusiasts.
Love this! Yeh it be easier to buy a new one but restoring the Oem parts is sooo much better
Well done. Turned out better than brand new!
I am realy happy i discovered this channel today! The videos are beautiful made and also very useful and informative.
I admire your technical skillz. Very nice video.
Your videos are insane, it's late but I can't stop watching the restoration 😍😁👌🏼
Thank you! 👍
Yesss. Another great video. thanks for sharing your journey with us!
The Prince of Darkness nearly had another victim. When will the horror end....
Excellent work all round... including the editing which is superb!
I like seeing your Starwillie sockets making a cameo appearance. I only have a few, but they are greatly used.
Hoorah, two new videos from Geoffrey Croker! Can my weekend get any better?
Thanks Geoffrey excellent videos as always, I’ve never stripped an alternator that far before, though spent many a happy hour getting spares from the local scrapyards. Open mouthed at how good the zinc plating looked and loved your ingenuity in truing the housing on the Myford.
Kind regards Graham
Cheers Graham
Nice shoutout to Lucas. The Prince of Darkness.
Jexes23 So true, so true!
It's a pleasure to watch your videos!
I've been looking forward to this video for a few weeks! Keep up the great work! It's like a New Zealand version of Bad Obsession Motorsport.
Well done,look forward to seeing the series
fantastic video mate, thanks so much for taking the time and the energy to post these.. absolutely making my day.
Mate, love your content. Well presented and easy to digest. Cheers!
These videos are fantastic! Thanks for posting.
That is one great job you are doing here! THX for that amazing video!
Thanks for watching!
Nice restoration
Great work mate!!!!
I'm really enjoying the videos. You have a great way of explaining what you are doing. I have a S3 and I'm replacing a few parts at the moment to get it back on the road but I'm not a Mechanical Minded as you.
Always a joy to see a new video from you!
The wait was well worth it.
Thankyou. :)
Cheers Big Dog
Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing.
Entertaining and informative. Well done 👍
fantastic process - amazing video - thank you!
.... and all done with such a lovely sense of humour! BobUK
Excelente sus videos...son muy practicos y explicativos....
Love your intro music choices
Great job Geoffrey, i love this vids
Your a very clever guy I wish I had a tiny bit of your knowledge when it came to my own series's 3 Land Rover I'd have saved myself a fourtune 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Nice Myford - reminds me of my apprenticeship
Good work. ...and good sense of humor ;-) Cheers!
Brilliant someone that is more pedantic than I!
Awesome series! Loving it!
New Uploads!!!! Enjoying your videos, thanks.
Cheers Jow
The replaceable slip ring (disc) on the end of the shaft is so much better than the Bosch design with two normal rings next to each other. The prince of darkness did get something right from time to time
14:45 Being a full-wave rectifier, it also brings the reversed voltage around (via wiring connections) and adds it into the DC output. That's why it has six diodes and not just three.
Yay double feature! :)
don’t even have a land rover, never have done and i’ve just finished part 4 of this reconstruction 😄
Все видео с интересом смотрю,но выпуски про Land Rover с особым нетерпением жду.Спасибо.
Awesome job.
5:12 what a beautiful machine
Geoff, promise me you'll get and impact driver and an impact wrench. Might I suggest Makita. I managed to do an engine swap between 2 scooters in 5 hours with the help of them. They solve 90% of stuck bolt/nut problems instantly.
Lucas - You poor man . By the way the videos are great , love your slightly dry humour
Great job. Did exactly the same on an old BMW. Just to say, keyways are not designed to carry load, it's definately worth gunning up that nyloc.
Great video and excellent editing. I'm looking forward to watching more of the same. New sub and thumbs up. Well done. Jason