On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, John Middlesworth wrote:
> My first thought was that something was wrong with the ignition switch,
> but someone suggested the regulator. The generator itself was rebuilt
> about 6000 miles ago, so I can't imagine it's the source of the problem
> (and no, the belt's not slipping).
Check the generator anyway! I puzzled over a Mopar charging system for a
whole afternoon... "couldn't be the alternator, it's only a month old"...
a bit of crud was stuck under the alternator brush which didn't let it
touch the commutator. Took hours to find and minutes to fix.
> Am I looking at replacing the regulator or is there a fix? Could the
> earlier high revving could have damaged it?
You may have to adjust the regulator. I'm not sure how this is done as my
car has a GM alternator (solid-state regulator built in) and as such have
never had to do anything ;-)
-Malcolm
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