Tracing and deminsions of Texas T (Birdhaven) Alt. mount

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Tracing and deminsions of Texas T (Birdhaven) Alt. mount

Post by ModelTWoods » Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:41 pm

Does anyone have a mounting bracket that bolts to the engine with the front left two head bolts that Birdhaven includes with their Texas T external mount 12 volt alternator kits, that could draw me a tracing of and include all dimensions. They don't list them separately and if I relocate my charging unit, from the generator position, I want to use a 6 volt alternator and Birdhaven's kits only are offered with 12 volt alternators. If I have a tracing and the dimensions, I can make a bracket that will work. If you can help, let me know. Otherwise, I'll do it the old fashioned way, trial and error.


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Re: Tracing and deminsions of Texas T (Birdhaven) Alt. mount

Post by ModelTWoods » Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:09 pm

Bump. I can't believe not a single T owner has relocated his T's generator (or alternator).

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Re: Tracing and deminsions of Texas T (Birdhaven) Alt. mount

Post by TRDxB2 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:24 pm

It may be that they are all mounted and no one wants to disassemble theirs. Here is link to the the installation instructions - I'm sure you can figure out something from them. http://www.texastparts.com/mm5/manuals/T5119ALT-Ext.pdf
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ModelTWoods
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Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:53 am
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Location: Cibolo (San Antonio), TX
MTFCI Number: 20180

Re: Tracing and deminsions of Texas T (Birdhaven) Alt. mount

Post by ModelTWoods » Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:00 am

I had thought about the fact that every owner had theirs installed. I'm going to contact Birdhaven and if they won't sell just the bracket, I'll measure the center-to-center of the two bolt holes and apply it this the drawing in the photo.

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