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Regulator! A story in what NOT to do!
silver - February 22nd, 2014 at 11:54 AM

should have bought an Alternator instead!

modnrod - February 22nd, 2014 at 12:28 PM

Hehehehehe! :smilegrin:
I'm laughing with you, not at you!

I just replaced the regulator on my 1987 bike, all '80s bikes had regulators that used "the Force" rather than any rules of electrickery that I could see, with one off a late-model R1/R6 (just an idea of what they look like)..........
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/171226842010?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&op...

COOL! Loads of Volts, which I've heard is good, bugger-all heat as part of the process which is also nice, and not '80s tech, so it won't fail on a dark night with no moon on a dirt road in drizzle at 2am.
Like the last one did.

mackaymanx - February 22nd, 2014 at 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by danny_galaga
And I really don't like the way that alternator mod you can do on type 3's looks. Looks pretty bodgy...


Your welcome

MickH - February 23rd, 2014 at 04:14 PM

So, out of interest, which Alternator mod are you referring to??:dork:





Quote:
Originally posted by danny_galaga
What I SHOULD have done in the first place was just buy a new regulator! In the end, this was still cheaper than an alternator kit. And I really don't like the way that alternator mod you can do on type 3's looks. Looks pretty bodgy...

68AutoBug - February 23rd, 2014 at 10:10 PM

I believe its the way alternators were connected to type 3 engines years ago.. like an accessory??

but the modification I saw on here a few weeks ago was excellent..
It was a new alternator modified to fit into the original generator position..
Someone on here was doing them..

LEE

mackaymanx - February 25th, 2014 at 06:44 PM

You were the one who mentioned alternators and made the 'bodgy' comment.

HappyDaze - February 25th, 2014 at 07:09 PM

Wear the Fox Hat? :rolleyes:

Boozo - February 27th, 2014 at 04:00 PM

Alternator FTW!