A Pakistani Truck - Pakistani Truck Alternator Repair

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Thu 10 Sep 2020 01:35
A Pakistani Truck - Pakistani Truck Alternator Repair - edlithgow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE0_UmFpPUQ

Inspirational apart from the music. And the wallpaper.

Evidently Pakistani Truck alternators are designed to come apart, which mine evidently isn’t, but even at that, a bit suspiciously easy.

Interesting that they apparently get away with cleaning in petrol, which I’d have thought might destroy insulation, as might brake fluid, my go-to cleaner.

The wire brushing seems to be just a bling thing. I wont be doing that.

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Sat 19 Sep 2020 12:45
A Pakistani Truck - Pakistani Truck Alternator Repair - Shaz {p}

Some great videos in the rest of the YT channel. I always enjoy watching with amazement at the ingenuity at the workshops when visiting family.


Thanks for sharing the link. I've bookmarked it!

Edited by Shaz {p} on 19/09/2020 at 12:45

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Sat 19 Sep 2020 13:16
A Pakistani Truck - Pakistani Truck Alternator Repair - edlithgow

I've not been there, but I've seen similar in Morocco, Egypt and Israeli-occupied Jordan, where The Souk of the Mechanics is divided into The Souk of the Differential, The Souk of the Turbo etc down different alleys

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Someone in the electric car thread was saying the motors can't be rebuilt. Get a load of this starter motor armature rebuild.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqpD4khzqbw

Hugely labour intensive, of course, but a lot can be done at the design stage to make replacement of sub-assemblies (like the brushes, regulator etc on an alternator) easy .

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Tue 20 Oct 2020 12:24
A Pakistani Truck - Pakistani Truck Alternator Repair - edlithgow

If it wasn't the alternator...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l665eovBlEk

Like to know which particular plastic that burning string sealant was made of. Or maybe it was a rubber band?

On second viewing I think they are recycled bits of scrap battery casing.

I used to have a carbon-torch a bit like the one seen around 6.30 and 9.40. It was supposed to be used for body welding, powered off the car battery. I never got it to work for that, but now think such a thing might be useful for local heating of stuck fastners.

Edited by edlithgow on 21/10/2020 at 04:12

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