I traded a barely alive W123 300D for a dead silver shadow

[alabbasi]

All, last week, I did a deal with a guy in Tennessee where I traded a W123 parts car for a dead Rolls Royce silver shadow. It was a nice deal but required me to load the 300D onto my trailer and drive 450 miles to a 1/2 way meeting point in Memphis to meet and do the swap. I was able to do the 900 mile round trip in 1 day by leaving 8AM and being back at the house by 11:30PM.







I've been slowly working through some off the issues over Christmas and got the car running very briefly. Here's a quick video describing the adventure so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQhRfKPt3sw&t=...

[alabbasi]

Peter , thank you for your response. I'm having a hard time finding rebuilders here in Texas for that alternator. The key question right now is can I live with the delco alternator for a short while until I get the CAV alternator fixed and if I do, do I need to unplug the voltage regulator in the boot. I've been trying to get a straight answer from people for a while now and you're the first person who seems to know exactly what you're talking about.

Appreciated.

[alabbasi]

Peter,

I appreciate your help. This should help until I get the CAV alternator figured out. The is an RR club meeting on the 5th, I'll see if anyone can make recommendations for a local rebuilder.

[alabbasi]

OK so after 3 attempts to find a local rebuilder for the CAV alternator, i think that I found someone who may have an idea so I dropped the alternator off to them on Monday.

I've a little more progress on getting the Rolls Royce running in the meanwhile by replacing all the fuel lines and filter. It still acts out which makes me think that the float bowls are bad, I will remove the carbs next week and give them a look over.

Here's a quick video update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY5hqWClJ2k&t=...

[alabbasi]

Cleaner said:

Yes you can use that "Delco unit" until you get the original CAV unit tested and repaired, I will hear explain hear as simple as I can how to wire the "Delco" unit using some wiring already there,

Peter, thanks. I've been focused on the brakes this last few months and just got to this yesterday. The original plan was to rebuild the alternator which I did but then it turned out that the voltage regulator was fried.

There was one extra step needed for the 10si alternator

1) bridge the W/L to the Field (in my case) in the boot
2) Connect the Field wire to the generator spade on the alternator - this gives you the generator light
3) Run a wire from the second spade to the alternator to the big wire on the back of the alternator (missing component) which will excite the alternator and give allow the internal voltage regulator to self regulate

Thanks for your help