Posted by Brett Wilsey on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 1:53AM :
In Reply to: Generator question - Please help posted by Tug Boat Lonnie on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 10:11PM :
Lonnie, I don't know if this will help or not but here goes. I dug out the shop manual for my '55 Chevy which uses a 12 volt (negative ground) 25 amp. 2 brush shunt wound generator. It says, as a quick check of the generator...
Remove wire from BAT (battery) terminal of regulator and hook an ammeter between this wire and the regulator BAT terminal. With the engine operating at medium speed, momentarily ground the "F" (field) terminal of the generator. Generator output should increase. If it doesn't, make a complete check of the generator.
Then it goes on with more pages of servicing the generator. Hope this helps. Brett
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