Duke-Upon reading Duks post, it reminded me that the selinoid was the culprit
when my syestem acted like yours many years ago- an altrnator makes the many
problems of a generator disappear. My nuts whre loose and the charging syestem
goes to the battery thru the selinoid. Check them for tightness and
corrision.
Tony
--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
> From: Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Getting really stinking old....voltage regulator
again
> To: "'Samouce's'" <wsamouce@kc.rr.com>, tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:17 AM
> Duke
> I had many problems with my generator
> charging system until I
> converted to an alternator system.
> Mostly the points in the voltage regulator would get
> crapped up and stop
> working. I had to run with the cover off
> the voltage regulator because for
> what ever reason the system would only work for a briefly
> with it on. I
> also needed the cover off so I could regularly clean and
> clear the points.
> I never truly figured out what was wrong in my system.
>
> You should check and clean all the
> connections from the battery to
> the starter and all the ground wire at the battery and
> engine strap. The
> metal plate on the back of the generator has to be bare
> metal; therefore all
> the bolt holes for the generator bracket in the block need
> to be bare for
> the ground path. Check all the connections on the
> smaller wires at the
> regulator and generator for problems. You should also
> check the ignition
> switch, starter relay and starter motor for any
> problems. Something should
> be getting near red hot with over 30 amps pouring through
> it.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Samouce's
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:15 AM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Getting really stinking old....voltage
> regulator again
>
>
> If you all recall, I had lots of problems with my charging
> system on my
> recent trip to Texas. I replaced two voltage
> regulators and sourced and
> rebuilt a generator which failed instantly.
>
> The third voltage regulator worked well with the original
> generator, until
> yesterday.
>
> Here is what is going on. I turned off the ignition
> and the amp meter
> buried off the scale in the - and the ignition light came
> on. This is with
> the key out of the switch. I quickly turned the ignition
> back on and started
> the engine; amp meter came back to normal range. Now
> when I run the car,
> the amp meter is indicating an over charge from the
> generator which is
> obviously cause by the voltage regulator.
>
> This is exactly what happened a couple of months ago before
> the voltage
> regulator stopped working. Could a corroded engine
> ground strap be causing
> this?
>
> I am thinking of going with the solid state voltage
> regulator to see if that
> fixes this ongoing problem. I do not what to convert
> to an alternator at
> this time.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Duke
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