Another great video. Strange coincidence, all of the sudden my daily driver 1951 Chevy truck had the amp meter go full left last week. I tried tinkering with the regulator after a lot of web research. Then I had the generator out and torn down on the kitchen table for the week. everything seemed fine so I broke down and bought a new VR8 reg. But it looks like the issue is the generator. Any possibility you would be able to sell the one you pulled? I looked around but couldn't figure out how to send a PM of email. --Dave
Hook jumper cables to your 6v battery, clamp the negative end to the generator frame and a jumper wire from the frame to the field post. Then touch the armature post with the positive clamp. The generator should act like a motor. Then take the jumper wire off of the field post and the gen. should speed up. If this happens then your gen. should be ok. If not, let me know and we can get together on getting you a generator. Thanks
@@TheJayhawker Thank you. I grounded the frame and field and applied power to the armature post, and it drew a lot of current and turned, but slower than others I've seen on the web. So I pricked one up at rockauto, and just got it and put it in today, and everything is working fine now. I guess I'll know for sure in a few days. My original looks better/original, so I may still try to see if I can find the fault (maybe partially shorted fields or armature) Thanks again for the troubleshooting advice.
Great channel glad I found ya!
I remember those old generators you could magnetize them by hitting them . ,or visa versa .
Another great video. Strange coincidence, all of the sudden my daily driver 1951 Chevy truck had the amp meter go full left last week. I tried tinkering with the regulator after a lot of web research. Then I had the generator out and torn down on the kitchen table for the week. everything seemed fine so I broke down and bought a new VR8 reg. But it looks like the issue is the generator. Any possibility you would be able to sell the one you pulled? I looked around but couldn't figure out how to send a PM of email. --Dave
Hook jumper cables to your 6v battery, clamp the negative end to the generator frame and a jumper wire from the frame to the field post. Then touch the armature post with the positive clamp. The generator should act like a motor. Then take the jumper wire off of the field post and the gen. should speed up. If this happens then your gen. should be ok. If not, let me know and we can get together on getting you a generator. Thanks
@@TheJayhawker Thank you. I grounded the frame and field and applied power to the armature post, and it drew a lot of current and turned, but slower than others I've seen on the web. So I pricked one up at rockauto, and just got it and put it in today, and everything is working fine now. I guess I'll know for sure in a few days. My original looks better/original, so I may still try to see if I can find the fault (maybe partially shorted fields or armature) Thanks again for the troubleshooting advice.
run it with the lights on and amps should go up