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The terms Left and right are from the perspective of someone sitting in the car ... facing forward of course! So "left" is the same in the US and Australia where as "drivers side" varies ...
Sorry I should have said that.
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I'm not usre what you mean by left or right. My alternator is on the drivers side now (Australia) but when I ahd the standard A12 engine that came with the car it was on the lower passenger side. My alternator is on the drivers side now (Australia) but when I ahd the standard A12 engine that came with the car it was on the lower passenger side. THis is what the newer models had in my experience. 120Y A12's, A14's and A15...
My theory is that datsuns with the A10 and early A12 have the alt on the left, and cars with the later A12, A12A, A14, and A15 have the alt on the right.
My B10 has the later A12 with the alt on the left like on the original A10. If the alt was on the right like it would have been on the A12 it wouldn't clear the battery in the B10 engine bay.
But, what made me ask is that one of my spare A12's had the alt on the left instead of on the right like it should be. This is how it came out of the car (a 120y), which made my wounder if 120y's were different in this regaurd.
sorry if I've confused you. Curiosity is a bitch somtimes.
Chris
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