1940 Packard 110 Coupe - Electrical:

Posted by Jim in Boone On 2012/12/2 8:58:29

Recently purchased a 1940 110 Coupe. Prior owner said headlights only worked on high beams, to me it does seem to swap from high to low beams, but in either position the ampere meter shows a constant discharge condition, revving the engine does not bring it to the charge position. When using only parking lights or fog lights, speeding up the engine will bring the ampere meter to the charge position.

Do you feel I should be looking at the generator/voltage regulator or a problem with the headlights themselves? I did try connecting only one headlight at a time with the same results.