12 Stealth Conversion

(quoted from post at 14:20:57 08/21/09) My 1950 8N(front mount) came with a 12v genny which I thought was the original one till I had it rebuilt. The rebuilder told me it was a 12v off a Ford Car from that era. Someone here called it the "Stealth" conversion. So anyway I had it rebuilt as a 12v and it looks far closer to OEM than an Alternator would. Unfortunately - it has the cooling fan under the pulley and occasionally the axle comes up enough to hit the fan fins pushing them into the body of the genny. Makes an awful racket till I turn it off and bend the fins back.

I'm not happy about that and now the voltage regulator has died. Since it's not OEM and the fins keep getting bent I'm thinking now is the time to deal with the generating system permanently. So now I have to decide how to proceed.
The problem is - I want it all. I want 12v system that looks at least to the average person to be OEM.
I looked around and am not finding any OEM looking genny's except 6v. Are my only options a lame-looking Alternator or a 6v system?

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(quoted from post at 13:41:48 08/21/09)

(quoted from post at 14:20:57 08/21/09) My 1950 8N(front mount) came with a 12v genny which I thought was the original one till I had it rebuilt. The rebuilder told me it was a 12v off a Ford Car from that era. Someone here called it the "Stealth" conversion. So anyway I had it rebuilt as a 12v and it looks far closer to OEM than an Alternator would. Unfortunately - it has the cooling fan under the pulley and occasionally the axle comes up enough to hit the fan fins pushing them into the body of the genny. Makes an awful racket till I turn it off and bend the fins back.

I'm not happy about that and now the voltage regulator has died. Since it's not OEM and the fins keep getting bent I'm thinking now is the time to deal with the generating system permanently. So now I have to decide how to proceed.
The problem is - I want it all. I want 12v system that looks at least to the average person to be OEM.
I looked around and am not finding any OEM looking genny's except 6v. Are my only options a lame-looking Alternator or a 6v system?

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Are you sure your problem isn't the front pivot pin and bushing?

Or maybe too long a fan belt?

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(quoted from post at 21:35:00 08/21/09) Thanks for the input/ideas. I ordered the new belt thinking it was for the OEM genny so it certainly may not be the right size. Also, the adjustment bracket doesn't align perfectly so either one of those could be the culprit that is putting the cooling fins in the way.

I don't think my axle pivot is bad - it's actually the steering link that is making contact - sorry I wasn't clearer with my original post.
That Genernator is cool but I'd need to get a correct genny first then have it converted....I might do so just to see if I like it...I could always toss it and go back to my franken-genny

I think since the genny I have is already rebuilt and looks acceptable - I'll go ahead and get a new regulator and stay the existing course.

Thanks again to all you guys for the help on this an a bunch of other stuff in the recent past.
I'm transitioning back into a past interest that I can once again afford so I'll be more scarce here in the future. I won't be letting go of my beloved 8N though so as time goes forward I'll prolly stop in when something goes wrong


-Randy

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