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why is my car eating generators? not charging again.

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Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#663684
a month or so ago i had a problem with my genny not charging. to cut a long story short; it was the genny. bought a 2nd hand one off brad and his yard sale which worked fantasticly untill now where it appears to have died too.

is there any reason why my car would just start destroying gennys? this is really annoying me. the armature in the genny looks good to me although im no expert, i thought it was just one of the brushes a bit loose but i fixed that up and still no joy.

any suggestions?

Nicko
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#663803
get a mulitmeter and test the charging should be around 14 volts from the regulator and genny
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greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#663816
yep
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Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#663827
alternators cost money pete
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom

koolkarmakombi enkarmarising

2,078 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#663936
regulator is making it charge too hard
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ancientbugger Custom Title Time!

1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#663939
Nick, I have a spare regulator if that helps😉