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after loosing most of last summer some and this summer to date over generator issues. Tracing down wiring having Generator totally rebuilt new bushes rewound armature and fields also rewound tried several cut outs and several regulators generator out of the car back to the place that rebuilt it 3 times. They told me it works fine. But still no charging. I decided to send it to someone else. While also looking for another Generator. I located 1 installed it Charges great I adjusted the third bush so charging rate is 7.40 at cutout and 7.15 at battery should this Be higher? The third brush was maxed out. I have to wonder if the generator shop ever checked it when I took it back. This problem drove me crazy because they kept saying It worked. I did find someone that reproduces field coils for owen dyneto Generators the Item is so new its not on the website www.mylifestyle.com I wanted to share that so someone else might get some help. Thanks for all the good advice from the people that answered my questions on Packardinfo.com

Dear 29:

Maybe you could disassemble the old generator and take pictures. I would like to see this armature rewind job.

Usually commutators wear out, short out, or the windings short circuit. If you isolate which one then I suppose you could fix it, but not every one of them. They should have called you and told it will cost a thousand dollars extra.

You can test the armature for shorts and opens using a cheap ohmmeter. You can test the fields the same way.

The specified charge rate is 10-12 amps at 18-20 miles per hour adjusted via turning the movable brush. Using a portable meter because they say Packard ammeters are not accurate. (that's what Packard says. Hmmm, what about their speedometers?).

If they said it works then they must have a special setup to run it. I'd hand them a $20 and ask for a demonstration.
Never mind, I don't believe them.