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Title: Alt. date code question
Post by: panhead on June 05, 2019, 12:59:40 PM
Good afternoon folks,

I'm having a hard time comprehending this date code on this alternator.
You can see in the first two pics it has 4 of the spokes with dots in it (Apr 69) casting date. If I'm reading this right
The last pic shows the vendor number, part number, and the assemble date (1-69) Jan. This doesn't add up in my minds eye.
Any help with this would be very helpful.



Thanks Curt
Title: Re: Alt. date code question
Post by: Alaskan_TA on June 05, 2019, 03:11:16 PM
Each pie slice is a month.

Each dot is a week in that month.

Your case halves are dated one week apart in April, 1969

Some are months apart.
Title: Re: Alt. date code question
Post by: panhead on June 06, 2019, 07:57:36 AM
Quote from: Alaskan_TA on June 05, 2019, 03:11:16 PM
Each pie slice is a month.

Each dot is a week in that month.

Your case halves are dated one week apart in April, 1969

Some are months apart.

Thank you

That part makes more sense now.  :2thumbs:
In the third picture what does the (1 69) represent?  :scratchchin:

Curt
Title: Re: Alt. date code question
Post by: maxwellwedge on June 07, 2019, 09:55:01 AM
Assembled 1'st week of 1969.....which doesn't make sense. Could there be a faint number beside the 1?
Title: Re: Alt. date code question
Post by: panhead on June 07, 2019, 03:54:11 PM
Quote from: maxwellwedge on June 07, 2019, 09:55:01 AM
Assembled 1'st week of 1969.....which doesn't make sense. Could there be a faint number beside the 1?

Good afternoon,

There isn't any faint marks that I can see.
Maybe it could of been a 4, or 10,11,12 maybe. Someone must of been sleeping on the job...
So I don't know what the date code for this would be...  :shruggy:

Curt