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Subject: [Tigers] Generator Issue
From: Stu <sabre2tgr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:42:01 -0400
Delivered-to: mharc@autox.team.net
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When I first got the Tiger out this spring, I commented to my daughter that
I was surprised that it seemed to be running fine, She said See?  You
shouldn't  be so pessimistic.  I replied that though it's running fine now,
it's just because it has yet to reveal how it's going to GET me this year.

Well, Sunday it did.  Coming back from a little drive, I could clearly hear
some extra clattering coming from under  the hood.  A quick listen with the
hood up seemed to lay the blame with the generator, but we had people
coming shortly, no time to check more.  A confirmation drive this evening
confirmed it.   Once warmed up, the generator gets real noisy.  It is
generating just fine, I have both a voltmeter and an ammeter to prove it.

The current generator is a rebuilt unit I got from Napa in 2010 ( It's
actually the second from then, the first having a brush shatter after just
a couple hundred mules).  But I only have a few thousand miles on it since
then.

I want to buy a replacement and swap the core.  Rock Auto claims to have
them (look under old Mustangs), but are there any other sources that you
guys could recommend?  I have events I want to drive it to on June 24/25 so
I need quick service.

Thanks

Stu

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Whe=
n I first got the Tiger out this spring, I commented to my daughter that I =
was surprised that it seemed to be running fine, She said See?=C2=A0 You sh=
ouldn&#39;t=C2=A0 be so pessimistic.=C2=A0 I replied that though it&#39;s r=
unning fine now, it&#39;s just=C2=A0because it has yet to reveal how it&#39=
;s going to GET me this year.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fo=
nt-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:sm=
all">Well, Sunday it did.=C2=A0 Coming back from a little drive, I could cl=
early hear some extra clattering coming from under=C2=A0 the hood.=C2=A0 A =
quick listen with the hood up seemed to lay the blame with the generator, b=
ut we had people coming shortly, no time to check more.=C2=A0 A confirmatio=
n drive this evening confirmed it.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Once warmed up, the generato=
r gets real noisy.=C2=A0 It is generating just fine, I have both a voltmete=
r and an ammeter to prove it.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fo=
nt-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:sm=
all">The current generator is a rebuilt unit I got from Napa in 2010 ( It&#=
39;s actually the second from then, the first having a brush shatter after =
just a couple hundred=C2=A0mules).=C2=A0 But I only have a few thousand mil=
es on it since then.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D=
"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size=
:small">I want to buy a replacement and swap the core.=C2=A0 Rock Auto clai=
ms to have them (look under old Mustangs), but are there any other sources =
that you guys could recommend?=C2=A0 I have events I want to drive it to on=
 June 24/25 so I need quick service.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" styl=
e=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-=
size:small">Thanks</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:sma=
ll"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Stu</d=
iv></div>

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