Re: repeditive generator failure

Posted by steve-52/200 On 2011/11/11 7:16:10

battery driving was the clue ,The generator turned out to be completly shot inside ,machanic noting that the rebuilders said the inside looked 20 yr old even though it had been recantly rebuilt .So I was probably driving on the battery charge with a generator that never worked .Now the engine ran smooth and had good power but then I had problems with the car at highr rpms .stuttered .The coild it turns out was wired backward with t6he neg pole goig to the distributer rather than the positive like it should be on a positive ground car ,am looking for other problems .
I wonder if the pulley on the generator or water pump are the wrong size spinning the gennerator too fast and blowing them out?