What SU stands for

[Jim Davies]

On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Andrew W. Macfadyen wrote:

> Lucas real weakness was alternator; the ACR series tended to have a 40k mile life
> without a rebuild

Ditto for their generators and starters etc.

How to check for Lucas starter/generator core rebuilbabilty:

shake like a castanet.

if it sounds like a castanet, the armature windings have grenaded.

if no sound is heard, just shake harder :-(

Throw it away and try another...