Have any of you found a 3 brush powerhouse generator with a side adjustment bracket like mine? Field coils all original for 3 brush, screws never touched. Adjusting bracket screw also have never been removed or added. The generator is now on this late March or April 1929 car. 3 brush powerhouse with adj bracket.JPG 3 brush with adj bracket.JPG
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I’m not so sure that is original, but I’m sure one of these other guys that have a lot more knowledge will chime in.
I know our Power House doesn’t have anything like that, but the alternator that we removed had a bracket just like that.
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I have 2 just like that, one was total toast and I turned it into a hidden alternator and the other is as seen, bone stock.You wana look waaay far up da road and plan yer route because the brakes are far more of a suggestion than a command!Comment
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Yes, it is original...I have one also.
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I don't follow info on those too much (a person can't be everywhere!), but it's worth remembering that any such items that don't seem to conform to what we've been able to document for USA production just COULD be a Canadian variant. Check that out. I'm thinking that one variant had a unique rear cover.Comment
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Interesting. It is a P-3 with a P-2 adjusting arm bracket. I can't say that I've ever seen one.Comment
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I think I have one in my collection. It was interesting when I was looking over the ones I had and noticed that...let's see...what should of been on a 5-brush body, was on a 3-brush body...some senario like that. It must of been a "transistion" type body.Originally posted by Gary Karr View Post
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Will look at mine on a warmer day, but sure I have one or two also. Rod"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good." Thomas SowellComment
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I have several in garage and I think more in my trailer..Comment
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There are some decent discussions in the archives. Type powerhouse in the search box, and look below at the related threads. Tom W talks about the bracket in one of them3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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This concerns the Powerhouse Generators P2-A (Jan. thru April 1928) and P2-B (May thru September 1928).
These were a 5-Brush unit (according to the Standards). The 5 brush holder is placed in a specific spot on the Generator case due to the placement of the 3 holes to secure it to the body.
In looking at the 3-Brush unit. The 3 brush holder is placed in a specific spot on...11-06-2019, 02:12 PM -
I was given a long style generator that doesn't look like a standard model A long generator, but it seemed to fit on the model A. However it has a pulley that is long taper style with 3 spokes on it like the type 4 in the JG's. I took some pictures of the pulley and attach them. I looked at the JG's pictures on page 2-8 and the picture in the guidelines isn't very clear. The pulley I have is the long...12-29-2020, 06:16 PM -
The judging standards talks about three different styles of Power House generators. The two earlier versions had 5 brushes and the one later version had only 3 brushes. I've been asked to look into having the black bakelite brush holder plates made. I've talked to one of my sources and he said that it would be no problem making it. Before we spend a bunch of time on this project we have a question...10-11-2019, 08:33 AM -
Generator Brushes and Adjustment and How It Works.
By :: Tom Wesenberg
I'm asked quite often about brush adjustment and how they work, so hopefully these pictures will help.
The first picture is a cutaway taken at the Model A museum at Gilmore Auto Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan. The second picture shows the 3 brushes. This happens to be the style...You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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Finally finished the Cruise Control install on our 57 Tbird. I managed to convert a GM style pulse generator on the speedometer cable by having two new cables made up by a company in Colorado “Speedometer USA”. They made up a 60 inch cable that goes from the speedometer to the pulse generator with a GM end on it. Then a second 12 inch cable that goes from the input side of the pulse generator...02-04-2020, 12:01 PM -
I thought you guys might be interested to see how I refurbish an armature. This one came out of a rusty boat anchor of a generator but it still turned out to be good.
First I cleaned the commutator so it can be checked on the growler.
Using a hacksaw blade it is checked for shorts.
Then each adjacent commutator bar set...06-17-2022, 04:35 PM -
I'm putting a 471 blower on my 8BA and wondering about my options for mounting the generator/alt type on it.04-08-2020, 05:54 PM -
This would have been a very nice side mount cutout 5 brush powerhouse had someone not drilled and threaded 3 holes to shift the cutout to the top, and move the tension bracket to the left side (totally wrong) of the cutout. In the first picture you can see the faint gasket outline of the original correct mounting. I sure can't think of any reason for this crazy modification.
Also notice in the...04-01-2021, 03:56 PM -
Does anybody know what this generator setup is? Looks to me to be an aftermarket bracket to adapt a later style generator? Or could this be for the Model B? Doesn't look right to be Model A.You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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Over the years generators have been swapped on the Model A's, so now days you can normally have 1 of 4 different styles. First came the 5 brush powerhouse, then the 3 brush powerhouse, then the long generator known as the Autolite style. After Model A production ended and the Model B began, the generator also changed slightly, and now many B style generators can also be found on the Model A. People...01-03-2018, 03:00 AM
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