Re: Generator Rebuilding
Posted by Mike On 2011/2/10 15:42:06
Just got the generator back from a place in Cleveland, pics and info below.
He was recommended by the person i bought my Packard from who has 2 shovelnose 32s and another earlier Packard, maybe late 20's? amongst other vehicles like a locomobile and a 30's giant cadillac. I felt with a recommendation from someone with those kind of vehicles that they must do good work.
Took about 3 days, and the price was fair. He quoted me $125 if the armature wasn't bad (it wasn't) and stuck to the price. He said nothing major wrong with it, i think the brushes weren't making good contact. The voltage regulator i had that was NOS was fine for it and he said it worked excellent, he set it up to charge at like 7.1 volts.
He said to lightly feel the rear shaft housing after it had been running a few minutes. He said if it was warm it's ok but if hot the belt was too tight.
He showed me where to put oil to the bushing after storage and to rotate the shaft by hand and then start it after it's been in storage awhile.
Lastly, he said to check voltage after it's been running 3-5 minutes. He said the mechanical voltage regulators take that long to warm up and operate. It could very well have been working, but i would never have known to let it run that long before checking (not that i could have with the radiator still out.)
Here is their info:
Certified Auto Electric
225 Northfield Rd
Bedford, OH 44146
sales@certifiedautoelectric.com
440-439-1100
Pics attached. The chrome brush cover band and new delco badge were from ebay, rest of the hardware, oil port covers, etc they did there.
I'm assuming this is enough valid info to move it back to the correct forum for someone to find later?
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He was recommended by the person i bought my Packard from who has 2 shovelnose 32s and another earlier Packard, maybe late 20's? amongst other vehicles like a locomobile and a 30's giant cadillac. I felt with a recommendation from someone with those kind of vehicles that they must do good work.
Took about 3 days, and the price was fair. He quoted me $125 if the armature wasn't bad (it wasn't) and stuck to the price. He said nothing major wrong with it, i think the brushes weren't making good contact. The voltage regulator i had that was NOS was fine for it and he said it worked excellent, he set it up to charge at like 7.1 volts.
He said to lightly feel the rear shaft housing after it had been running a few minutes. He said if it was warm it's ok but if hot the belt was too tight.
He showed me where to put oil to the bushing after storage and to rotate the shaft by hand and then start it after it's been in storage awhile.
Lastly, he said to check voltage after it's been running 3-5 minutes. He said the mechanical voltage regulators take that long to warm up and operate. It could very well have been working, but i would never have known to let it run that long before checking (not that i could have with the radiator still out.)
Here is their info:
Certified Auto Electric
225 Northfield Rd
Bedford, OH 44146
sales@certifiedautoelectric.com
440-439-1100
Pics attached. The chrome brush cover band and new delco badge were from ebay, rest of the hardware, oil port covers, etc they did there.
I'm assuming this is enough valid info to move it back to the correct forum for someone to find later?
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