Can you ID this alternator?
There are 3 to 4 alternators
Single field wire "round back" uses old style 2 connector voltage regulator
2 field wire (isolated field) "round back" used "V" shaped connector voltage regulator
2 field wire (isolated field) "square back" used "V" shaped connector voltage regulator
A modified 2 field wire (isolated field) "square back" one field wire is grounded and uses the old style 2 connector voltage regulator
So as you can see the answers to the questions are very important to you getting a functional replacement
BTW, the reason the number may be irrelevant is if it is a rebuild or was modified to run with a single wire VR
The numbers are useful but do not tell the whole story.
There are 3 to 4 alternators
Single field wire "round back" uses old style 2 connector voltage regulator
2 field wire (isolated field) "round back" used "V" shaped connector voltage regulator
2 field wire (isolated field) "square back" used "V" shaped connector voltage regulator
A modified 2 field wire (isolated field) "square back" one field wire is grounded and uses the old style 2 connector voltage regulator
So as you can see the answers to the questions are very important to you getting a functional replacement
BTW, the reason the number may be irrelevant is if it is a rebuild or was modified to run with a single wire VR
