Re: Fred's Series 23 fuel pump

Posted by Fred Puhn On 2013/11/2 21:00:26

For some reason my Packard does not charge the battery enough for slow driving. At night with the lights on the ammeter shows a discharge. It only charges during the day at speed with the lights off.

Now I have that problem fixed. My Genernator and associated regulator has now been installed. I cranked her up today and the battery was near dead as usual. After charging for an hour with a 6-volt charger the car started right away. The new Genernator shows a good charge at idle! The supplier says it will charge 20 amps at idle and 40 amps as speed. No matter what speed the engine runs there is a good charge on the ammeter.

The genernator is a proper genterator case, fully restored, with a modern alternator hidden inside. The regulator is restored too and wired to run the genernator. The charging control is part of the alternator so there is only one hot wire to supply power and accept charge. The regulator wiring is just for looks. The car looks new and original under the hood.

I will drive the car again after letting it sit for a week and see what happens. Mounting the electric fuel pump is the next task assuming the charging system works well.