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Re: Alternator restoration question.
[Re: GMP440]
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07/26/22 01:38 AM
07/26/22 01:38 AM
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I used to sell the thin steel sheet with certain magnetic properties that was stamped and stacked for stators and similar. Nobody paints that stuff with color paint. I believe after units are stacked, the stack is dipped in transparent lacquer or maybe it is shellac. So you are looking at the sheared edges coated with lacquer or shellac that has a natural light yellow-brown tint.
Restoration by Jim Ridge, Dixie Restorations. The front and rear aluminum castings should be coated with yellow Alodine.
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Re: Alternator restoration question.
[Re: GMP440]
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07/26/22 08:55 AM
07/26/22 08:55 AM
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What you are seeing is insulating varnish. Common on any stacked electrical core.
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Re: Alternator restoration question.
[Re: John_Kunkel]
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07/27/22 01:06 AM
07/27/22 01:06 AM
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Yes, varnish. The stampings are stacked into units, wired, and lastly coated with insulating varnish. There is no coloration other than the clear insulating varnish in the case of Mopar alternators.
It's about the same look as you'd see on an old doorbell transformer.
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