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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 40258" data-attributes="member: 456"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">They still are, and always have been, £350 for all models apart from the ‘B’s which require a few extra parts and cost £385. However, I was only keeping the price down to this by buying ten alternators at a time and I now have either run out or only have one left. (I need to check in the Walker cave to be sure.) I still have lots of the other parts left. Last year at the request of Peter Holmes I modified a kit to take a Nippon Denso alternator which is slightly longer and has a diameter about 10 mm less than the Iskra unit. These have a 40 amp, as opposed to 30 amp, output and have the regulator built in. Also, available at extra cost, they have very nice connector for the input and output. In addition they also have an output for a warning light and an electronic rev counter. Originally I was suspicious about using these alternators as neither Dick nor I had used one ourselves and personally I did not like the rather short input shaft which did not allow me to fit a key. The original system has a Woodruff key in every place where slip could occur. However, I found a way around the input shaft problem and Peter has used his for several months so it looks as though there is now an alternative. Let me know if any of this is of interest and we can communicate directly. In addition I have all the front fork spring you require but still have not made the trip down to Devon as I am still making parts for the job down there.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 40258, member: 456"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]They still are, and always have been, £350 for all models apart from the ‘B’s which require a few extra parts and cost £385. However, I was only keeping the price down to this by buying ten alternators at a time and I now have either run out or only have one left. (I need to check in the Walker cave to be sure.) I still have lots of the other parts left. Last year at the request of Peter Holmes I modified a kit to take a Nippon Denso alternator which is slightly longer and has a diameter about 10 mm less than the Iskra unit. These have a 40 amp, as opposed to 30 amp, output and have the regulator built in. Also, available at extra cost, they have very nice connector for the input and output. In addition they also have an output for a warning light and an electronic rev counter. Originally I was suspicious about using these alternators as neither Dick nor I had used one ourselves and personally I did not like the rather short input shaft which did not allow me to fit a key. The original system has a Woodruff key in every place where slip could occur. However, I found a way around the input shaft problem and Peter has used his for several months so it looks as though there is now an alternative. Let me know if any of this is of interest and we can communicate directly. In addition I have all the front fork spring you require but still have not made the trip down to Devon as I am still making parts for the job down there.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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