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Tom:
Here is an update:
- We are getting 20 volts from the generator - so it's not a problem.
- We have repolarized the generator - so that shouldn't be an issue.
- We have cleaned the contact points on the voltage regulator - still not getting a charge back to the battery.
We went to a car show on Saturday. Someone we met recommeded checking the ignition light, that it could possibly stop the return to the battery. We found that the light was burned out, so we replaced the bulb and it did light, but there is still no recharge back to the battery.
My son says there is 12 volts coming out of the "A" terminal, as if it is just running off the battery. The ammeter indicates power being drawn down, but nothing being charged back to the battery.
We suspect that we might have a bad voltage regulator. We recently purchased it from VB for $30, but, to my knowledge, there is no way to test these things. Rick at SS sells a voltage regulator for $50+. Is it different? Better? I don't know, but I hate to throw good money after bad. The guy I met at the show over the weekend (he has a TR4) said he purchased an inexpensive alternator for about $30 on Ebay and switched his car. The alternator has an internal voltage regulator, so I don't have to raise the question of another faulty (or not) voltage regulator.
We've traced a number of lines on this car and can't determine what's wrong. I really want to get it operational but at my wits end at this point.
Mike Pennell
My son says there is 12 volts coming out of the "A" terminal, as if it is just running off the battery. The ammeter indicates power being drawn down, but nothing being charged back to the battery.