Merc 165 3.7l 4 Cyl Voltage Regulator

[hallsy2]

Hello All - Going Through My Boat Connection By Connection, And Noticed That The Pervious Owner Didn't Take The Voltage Regulator Seriously, As There Are No Wires Running To It. I Looked At The Wiring Diagram, Saw The Wiring For It, Then Looked At The Alternator And The Alternator Is A Single Lead Alternator, One Contact Bolt. They Spliced The Wire From The Alternator Into The Power Line For The Battery. Is This Correct? Can You Substitute A Typical Single Lead Alternator For Oem? Thanks In Advance For Your Help.

 

[Don S]

Re: Merc 165 3.7l 4 Cyl Voltage Regulator

You have an alternator conversion. The water cooled regulator used the stator and the front pully as the rotor to make a charging system like an outboard.
VERY expensive, and some of it is NLA.
The conversion installs a real alternator.

PS Turn off your cap lock button and you won't have every word capitolized.

 

[Robj]

Re: Merc 165 3.7l 4 Cyl Voltage Regulator

And you have a single wire alternator. Based on what you wrote, everything thing sounds OK. Lucky someone else did the conversion for you. Saved a few $$.

Have a great day

Rob.

 

[hallsy2]

Re: Merc 165 3.7l 4 Cyl Voltage Regulator

Thanks Guys - I'll take the good with the bad on this project!!