- 1. Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:33:53 -0700 charset="iso-8859-1"
- About 1/3 of the time I drive my car I need a jump start to get going again. We've tested the generator blah blah blah, and it looks like it needs either to be replaced or rebuilt. Before I get it wo
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00652.html (7,535 bytes)
- 2. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 17:54:42 -0500
- The significant difference that increases the price of the 948 generator is that it has a tachometer drive on the end of the unit. The rear housing is threaded, and the armature is keyed. Except for
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00656.html (8,688 bytes)
- 3. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:04:27 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"
- If the engine dies every time you turn on the headlights, suspect a bad voltage regulator instead of or as well as your generator. When the generator is bad, the battery should take up the slack whe
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00657.html (8,859 bytes)
- 4. Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:40:53 -0700 charset="iso-8859-1"
- it's not the second that i turn the lights on that it dies, it's when i try to start it the next day that she won't have anything to do with running!!! Patricia, If the engine dies every time you tur
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00661.html (8,954 bytes)
- 5. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:55:30 EDT
- << As to capacity; the generator is sufficient for the necessities... a giant stereo would exceed its capacity. many may suggest a change to an alternator of Japanese manufacture, or some of the othe
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00663.html (7,695 bytes)
- 6. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 19:55:01 -0400
- I still have the stock generator in my Bugeye. Halogen headlamps, CB radio, and a CD player. So far I have not had a problem with the generator keeping up. If you do not need the tachdrive you shoul
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00664.html (8,706 bytes)
- 7. RE: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:54:06 -0700 charset="iso-8859-1"
- Yes, I do have a mechanical tach. I'm not thinking about putting a huge stereo in, there's just no room, and that's what makes my Honda so fun to drive. Just something simple, a CD player and speaker
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00665.html (8,198 bytes)
- 8. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:27:07 -0700 (PDT)
- I was just checking the output on my 'stock' bugeye generator the other night, and got a reading of 12.4 volts at idle, and it went up to 15.4 at around 2500 rpm. (I may need to adjust my regulator)
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00668.html (9,116 bytes)
- 9. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:40:44 -0700
- There is a detailed procedure to setting the voltage regulators in the Bentley manuals. There are adjustments for the voltage output and the cutoff voltages. Anyne having problems with charging shoul
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00679.html (10,359 bytes)
- 10. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:09:09 -0700
- Agreed, the voltage regulator is easy to check and adjust -- adjust it slowly though! A bit too much of a turn of the screw and, watch out, 27 volts! A bit more than the battery wants, no doubt. The
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00698.html (8,342 bytes)
- 11. RE: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:43:09 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"
- If it's not the v reg, I suspect a DEAD battery CELL which will not charge up. Had this on two cars already. Battery just gives up. David L. Vrba '62 Sprite MKII Dublin, CA
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00704.html (7,103 bytes)
- 12. Re: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 19:20:55 -0700
- Glen and all: Should the car continue running even if the ground strap is removed from the battery? This is a '65 Sprite converted to negative ground. Thanks, Jeff -- ________________________________
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00747.html (9,855 bytes)
- 13. RE: Generator? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 08:18:46 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- Don't see why not, as the generator is now providing electrical power, and it is connected to the car body via the engine earth strap. I understand that this is not a good thing to do intentionally,
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg00763.html (10,387 bytes)
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