ok guys i found a bracket i just bought it imma put it on the truck and see if it works

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would the alternator brackets from a 302 fit my 272

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I am using the GM 3 wire on mine and I did like Doug, bent the front bracket and fabed a rear angle for the hole in the front of the head, works great. By the way Doug, I like that color combination, looks great!

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

ok so i was looking at my motor and it looks like the bottom bracket was moved to the top and the bracket that is suppose to be on the bottom is up top

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Here is what I did, note the FoMoCo alternator.

 

Get a piece of 1/4" Thick 1" bar stock. Bend the bar in an L shape and drill for the swing bolt piloted by the rear bracket which you cut from the existing bar. Weld the piece of the existing bar to the 1/4" thick bar. Then extend the Stock triangular brace that bolts to the water pump by cutting off the end with the hole and splicing in another piece of the existing bar. You also need to rebend the triangle as the bracket end is quite a bit forward from the stock position. The pivot bolt happens to be a Y block head bolt!  Finally reshape the locking arm so that it goes on the back of the bolt boss of the alternator. This has worked fine for me for several years not just the date shown. Tomorrow I will measure from the center of the bolt in the head to the front surface of the L and post that info.  The Voltage regulator goes where the stock one went and the whole thing looks pretty stock.

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

i found some brackets from a 302 that look real close for a real good price would those fit on our y-blocks or can i find the brackets just for our blocks

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ok guys i have a 57 ford f100 with a 272 im pretty sure it had a generator at one point in its life and some were along the lines some one put a alternator but the bracket they put on dosent work right they put a super cheap chevy bracket so now im stuck looking for the right bracket to put on the y-block any one know were i can find the correct brackets to make the alternator sit nice and aligned and not move the bracket they put on top is a long one usually whats on every other motor i was looking at some y-blocks and i seen the brackets are waaaaaaaaaaaayyy different can some one please point me in the right direction

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