- Joined
- Dec 5, 2012
- Messages
- 294
Too many projects as usual means i'm now rushing to get the boat finished for mid/late April (yeah right).
Anyway... the engine is a Penta MD2 with a Bosch Dynastart ... a pretty robust started/charger combo but with a pretty feeble charging capacity (prone to overheating and not really capable of charging anything over 100ah)
So I'm looking at fitting an alternator. Seen various fitting schemes, the most involved looks like fitting a new pulley to the crankshaft on the outside of the flywheel.
Then I came across this...
where the alternator belt runs round the outside of the flywheel. it looks dodgy as hell, but easy to install.
anyone think this is ok?
my guess would be you'd only need to loose a tiny bit of tension or alignment and the belt would be off; gets trapped inside (by one of the dynastar belts) or snags on something on the outside then crash bang wallop and you're getting towed home.
or is it ok? i'm pushed for time and i'd go for this if I was reassured it's safer than it looks.
it would not be unusual for me to miss something really obvious.
thanks
Anyway... the engine is a Penta MD2 with a Bosch Dynastart ... a pretty robust started/charger combo but with a pretty feeble charging capacity (prone to overheating and not really capable of charging anything over 100ah)
So I'm looking at fitting an alternator. Seen various fitting schemes, the most involved looks like fitting a new pulley to the crankshaft on the outside of the flywheel.
Then I came across this...
where the alternator belt runs round the outside of the flywheel. it looks dodgy as hell, but easy to install.
anyone think this is ok?
my guess would be you'd only need to loose a tiny bit of tension or alignment and the belt would be off; gets trapped inside (by one of the dynastar belts) or snags on something on the outside then crash bang wallop and you're getting towed home.
or is it ok? i'm pushed for time and i'd go for this if I was reassured it's safer than it looks.
it would not be unusual for me to miss something really obvious.
thanks