I encourage everyone to start posting these kinds of threads, or if you have good stories related to our Oldsmobile "habit". Maybe you fabricated something for your '62 Starfire that you just couldn't find ohterwise, or perhaps you removed and replaced your first alternator, whatever. These posts would not only simply be good reading but may help someone else. It would be great if we could increase the activity on this site a little bit and make it a more interesting place to visit daily. Anyway, here's hoping for the best .

 

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I replaced my dinky 63 amp alternator with a CS-130 (105 amp internally regulated) model. Did a "modified" one-wire approach. Cleaned up the firewall and the wiring a bit, too. Cost about $125 all told and only took me an afternoon for the most part. I'll bet it wouldn't take even a novice more than a weekend. I wrote it up for the South Texas Oldsmobile Club newsletter last year. I knew it'd get published 'cause I'm the editor.

Anyway, it's a fairly long article but I'd be more than happy to share it if anyone's interested.

C.J.