Does any one know whether the alternator can be mounted on the exhaust side of an A15?

theres no reason why not, as long as you can make up a bottom mount (i doubt it has holes in the block for mount unless you can use other ones intended for something else), the top adjusting mount will come off a thermostat housing bolt and the only other thing is to have the bottom radiator hose wind over some how (not a big deal)
oh and finding the right size belt

Didn't the original A12's have the alternator on the manifold side. Are there any photos in here?

1200s had it on the manifold side, down near the bottom.

US B210s have the alternator on the opposite side (right side) up near the top.

Quote:Yep, in the Engine Photo Album.

For example, on the manifold side:

Thank you

I looked through my Chilton manual and see I got it wrong (I edited the above).

All US A12s have the alternator on the manifold side, down low.

Starting with the A13 (1974 B210), it is on the spark-plug side up high. This won't work for the A12, because that's where the A12 dizzy is. The A13, A14, A15 and A12A have the dizzy halfway back along the engine.

i pressumed he knew 1200's had it there and was just asking how hard it would be to get an a-15 one over that side, sorry

there is plenty of holes and space on that side, one of my A15's came with a big factory bracket on there with air-con comp and power steering above it.
its really just a matter of making brackets to fit it there.

Couldn't you just go toa wrecking yard and get the alternator mount and bracket of a 1200 witht hte original engine and put that in?

Thats true! if it fits.