67 C-2 Whittek clamps

[Dale S.]

I am replacing my old reliable Gates upper hose on my SB with a repro upper hose and Whittek clamps. Can someone give me a picture of the orientation of the clamps? Or if the screws(tightener's) are straight up, tilted in or out etc.Thank you Dale

[Gerard F.]

Re: 67 C-2 Whittek clamps

Dale,

Here's my mousetrap picture which shows the Whittek clamp straight up at the therno housing, just like the 67 AIM shows. On the clamp at the radiator, the AIM shows the screw at about 45 degrees from vertical to the inboard side.

If the above is wrong I'm sure someone will chime in.

Did you get the dated clamps? You know they look for that.

BTW I just put in DSL for Christmas, really great on email, surfing the forum, and uploading pictures. Gotta be at least 10 times as fast as the old dialup. I'm a happy camper.

Regards,

Jerry Fuccillo
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[Donald T.]

Re: 67 C-2 Whittek clamps

Jerry,

I don't have my AIM handy, but it appears that the cheese in your exhaust manifold mouse trap is not oriented correctly. You might want to realign before judging.

[Jack W.]

Re: 67 C-2 Whittek clamps

"On the clamp at the radiator, the AIM shows the screw at about 45 degrees from vertical to the inboard side."

And if you fail to do so, and instead orient the clamp on the rad inlet straight up, it will hit your hood when you go to close it . . . . at least, that's what happens on my 65 SB lessons learned . . .

[Wayne W.]

Re: 67 C-2 Whittek clamps

Thats a mouse motor.

[Dale S.]

Re: 67 C-2 Whittek clamps

Thanks to all, Yes I got the dated clamps, still cant find my originals. (probably in the shed) Jerry, Glad you got high speeed. Did you catch the mouse? Dale

[Jack W.]

Re: 67 C-2 Whittek clamps

well, a mousey mouse motor . . . . just brushed some droppings off of my intake a few days ago myself, gonna have to step up my anti-mouse efforts, the cat ain't doing her job (union kitty, seems to have taken the two weeks aroud Christmas off . . . )

[Paul L.]

Q. for Jerry-Alt Clock

Jerry,
Is your alternator clocking correct? Mine is different. I will reset mine if yours is in the right position.

[Gerard F.]

Not sure Paul

It is my original but I redid it with a 60 amp rotor/stator. I remember something about that orientation of the rear case, but I'm not sure whether I got it right, or whether yours is correct.

Maybe someone else will chime in, I learn something every day.

Jerry Fuccillo
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[Gerard F.]

Never seen their hide nor hair

nor turd, after I took a run with the nest in place. Maybe the roar of the mouse motor scared the pants off of them.

Jerry

[Gerard F.]

Re: Q. for Jerry-Alt Clock

Found the picture of the back of my untouched original before I refurbed it. Dated 7F16

Jerry Fuccillo
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[Paul L.]

Re: Q. for Jerry-Alt Clock

Jerry,
What I am up to is upgrading from my correct January 24, 1967 37-amp to a generic/NAPA 63-amp to handle some additional electrical chores I foresee for 2007. So perhaps the clocking question is not really relevant in an NCRS sense. It is just an issue that intrigues me. I just picked up the NAPA unit and it is clocked as the one on your car.

[Gerard F.]

Take a look at this thread Paul

https://www.ncrs.org/forum/archive23.cgi?review=198560

I think that 63 amp Napa is clocked 90 degrees from the original, if that is the one in your picture.

I had to go to the higher capacity alternator when I put my Vintage Air system in. I had put this chrome piece of junk on.

As the thread shows, I got a 61 amp replacement and then exchanged the rotor/stator into the original 37 amps one. I was lucky that all of my original diodes checked out.

There may be some differences in the 63 amp Napa one, not sure.

Jerry

[Paul L.]

Re: Take a look at this thread Paul

Jerry,
That's an idea! Swap the new NAPA 63-amp guts into my "correct" 37-amp body. Here's a pic of the latter. Looks like January 25, 1967 for a February 10 build date.

[Rick S.]

Re: Take a look at this thread Paul

Paul,
Here is a photo of my 67 L79 alternator, not sure if it is correct orientation.

Rick