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Published: November 2007
Discussion message Alternator question

I have a 73 touring which has an alternator. Was this a standard fitment or were they Dynamo? The reason I ask is that my headlights are totally useless!

 kev brown 17 November 2007 14:46
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 Thanks John, I'll look around for an early three series. Mike

 Michael Smailes 30 November 2007 18:50
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Is your car running the tii alternator? This is a higher output than a standard 02 alternator, but you have to modify the alternator to fit as the mounting postion is different.

 John Hudson 30 November 2007 16:56
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 Hi I converted my January '71 car to conventional U.K. headlights . Initially I fitted a wipac backing shell and then fitted a Cibie headlight unit.

 Michael Smailes 19 November 2007 11:06
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Hi Guys, Just to clarify a point about headlamp wiring and relays. Cars (68 to 71) with a narrow single row fuse holder did not have a relay for the headlamps form the factory.

 John Hudson 18 November 2007 11:17
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To John's point about the headlight reflectors, you can see the before and after on the car I bought recently.

 Bradley Prentice 18 November 2007 00:22
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I meant I bought the carbs, well the whole head, off a guy who said they came off a good running engine (wondered what he thought a poor running engine was).

 kev brown 17 November 2007 20:12
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Im not sure but would like to know if you find a solution. Its amazing that the person before you went to all the lengths to fit twin carbs etc and did not get them jetted and...

 James Child 17 November 2007 19:44
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I think the bulbs are a funny size and quite difficult to get hold of as they are not a standard h4 bulb.

 James Child 17 November 2007 19:21
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Another possible way to improve them is to rewire them so that the light switch just operates a relay that then supplies power direct from the battery to the lights.

 Tim Palmer 17 November 2007 18:08
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Driving light I think are the way to go. Have them so they come on with the full beam. Here is a pic to show what they look like on a car.

 James Child 17 November 2007 16:18
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Hi, All 2002s had alternators, but the E21 and E30 alternators had a voltage regulator built into it.

 John Hudson 17 November 2007 15:56
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Cheers James. Do you no if anyone has tried to "make" an H4 bulb fit ? PS I got my twin 40s running at last.

 kev brown 17 November 2007 19:32
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Thanks for the replies guys. As I said, I didn't like the idea of the lights sticking out from the grill, so the H4 conversion is out for me!

 kev brown 17 November 2007 19:17