Charging system issue

Posted by Jim Kavanagh On 2015/2/20 13:10:57

I bought a 52 convertible recently and have driven it around a bit, but I believe that the charging system is not charging at all. The idiot light does not go on under any circumstances and i began to notice a slow turn over after driving the car.

I started it and, with about 2000 RPM, disconnected the battery and the car dies.

The Voltage regultor looks like it is pretty new (all the wiring was redone prior to purchase, but it looks quite prfessional and all in the proper wire). No indication of burnt points, etc. But, when it comes to electrical, I really am lost. I did the test of the closing voltage of the circuit breaker described in the manual, but the needle does not move at all at any RPM (no voltage passing through). Tried it a few times with a couple different voltmeters.

I would like to go systematically through and test that the wiring going to the VR is delivering voltage when and where it should, then test different components of the system.

Is there a guide somewhere that can help me to test that the basics are in place. I can just buy another Voltage Regultor and hook it up, but I am not sure this is the issue.

Any help in steering me in the right direction is apprecialted.