This thread is starting to look like the Lucas version of Alcoholics
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Joe (C)
Herald948@aol.com wrote:
>
> This past summer, about one-third the distance into my 1200+ mile drive from
>NY to MN for the VTR Convention in my Herald, my IGN light began to stay on.
>At first it appeared to be only a sticky voltage regulator contact that could
>be "persuaded" to work each time. To be safe, though, I decided to get off the
>Interstate before dark and deal with the problem in a more professional
>manner. (uh-huh)
>
> I stopped at a Walmart and bought a spare battery to carry with me just in
>case (I'd looked at various chargers and decided they were too much nuisance).
>Carrying that spare battery proved to be the fix, as the problem never came up
>again for the rest of the 2500-mile round trip.
>
> Once home, though, everything started acting up again. Given extreme lack of
>time to deal with the problem, it's been easier to swap in the spare battery
>and charge the dead one as needed. ;-) Maybe this winter I'll get the
>generator and/or regulator straightened out....
>
> --Andy Mace
wrote:
>
> This past summer, about one-third the distance into my 1200+ mile drive from
>NY to MN for the VTR Convention in my Herald, my IGN light began to stay on.
>At first it appeared to be only a sticky voltage regulator contact that could
>be "persuaded" to work each time. To be safe, though, I decided to get off the
>Interstate before dark and deal with the problem in a more professional
>manner. (uh-huh)
>
> I stopped at a Walmart and bought a spare battery to carry with me just in
>case (I'd looked at various chargers and decided they were too much nuisance).
>Carrying that spare battery proved to be the fix, as the problem never came up
>again for the rest of the 2500-mile round trip.
>
> Once home, though, everything started acting up again. Given extreme lack of
>time to deal with the problem, it's been easier to swap in the spare battery
>and charge the dead one as needed. ;-) Maybe this winter I'll get the
>generator and/or regulator straightened out....
>
> --Andy Mace
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