Red light came on suddenly one day, and according to the limited testing i've done (as per The Idiots Guide) the generator is knackered. (But the brushes look fine, and I cleaned the commutator, anything else to check?)
So my question is this: should I take this one out and have it recoed by the auto sparky, buy an already recoed genny(Mick motors maybe?), take my chances on a second hand genny from the wreckers or do an alternator conversion?
What are the prices like for each of these options? Good place to get parts from (preferably on the Gold Coast)
Thanks for your help guys! (and girls!)
regards,
Benno
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
Have you checked your fuses? This is only a dim recollection, But ages back I had a short somewhere in my S beetle, and whenever the fuse blew, the generator light would come on, even though the battery was charging fine still.
Probably no help, but that's my 2 cents. Which would be rounded to the nearest 5 cents, making nothing. Must be worthless advice then.
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Vehicle: 1975 Special order delivery walkthrough panel based LCA pop-top camper. Motor: Nippon 1.8L Single port Wasserboxer, Transmission: 3 rib 002.
OK, well the regulator is quite new, about two years old or so.
The book I have says to disconnect the D+ and DF wires from the gen, clip a test light to the D+ and ground the test light and the DF to the gen while the engine is running: if the bulb lights up, then it's the reg, if it doesn't then it's the gen. It didn't light up....
first, loosen the strap that goes around the generator (from here on in, will be refered to as 'gennie')and the gennie support.
Unplug/unscrew all the wires attached to the gennie taking careful note of what goes where.
Disconnect the fuel line from the carby and shove a screw into the line to block it off.
Disconnect the auto chock and cutoff solnoid wires from the carb.
Unbolt the manifold and heat riser screws.
(while you're at it, unplug the leads from the dizzy too. Lable if you want so you don't get em mixed up)
Remove the manifold with the carb.
NOW you can get to the four bolts that hold the gennie/fan into the fan shroud...
(You may have to undo the two screw on the sides of the fan shroud to give you some tilt room for you to withdraw the gennie/fan out too).
This is how I did it last time, it may not be necessarily correct, but that's the way I did it..
