[MikeK]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

. . . At first while cranking there was a scraping noise, like the fan hitting something. The aluminum fan had good clearance, but the mount for the alternator is kind of a flip flop affair, and when it was bolted with the top of the H to the outside, the alternator cooling fan hit the corner of the bracket. I had to tip the bracket inward and all if fine, as long as it doesn't work it's way back out.

OMG I must be hallucinating!! Tom W installing an alternator?? Tom, doesn't that thing make your skin burn, like a crucifix touching a vampire?