Re: Voltage reg. not regulatin'

Posted by Joseph Earl On 2012/5/31 15:52:02

Thanks, Howard, but I just fixed it.

I checked for a response to my post before I started. There was none, so I said, "What the heck," and decided to take a shot at it.

Pulling the regulator cover, and close examination of the contacts revealed the one on the passenger side had what looked like a tin whisker- a very fine protrusion connecting the contacts keeping them from breaking the circuit. A little dressing with a flat jeweler's file corrected the problem. The ammeter needle sits right in the middle, and the battery reads 6+v at idle.

Just as I finished, I heard my iPhone email alerting me of your post!

Another issue solved.