Thanks, Ed-
My nickname is Smokey. Haven't named the truck yet.
I appreciate the info on the gap settings.
Smokey
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Miller <edngael@open.org>
To: Oletrucks Digest <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 7:31 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Regulator contacts
>Hi Charles,
>
>Is "Smokey" your nick name or your truck's?
>
>I have the book for a '58, and I don't see any mention of a fuse between
>the generator and the regulator. Do you need it? My truck has a later
>alternator with a built in regulator, so I don't know what mine does.
>But I found air gaps in the book:
>
>single contact voltage regulators:
> air gap: .075" between armature and center of core, when armature is
>pressed down to make contact points touch.
>
>double contact voltage regulators:
> point opening between upper set of contacts should be .016
> air gap should be .067 with the lower contacts touching, measuring
>between armature and the winding core
>
>If you know which kind of regulator you have, and need more info, I can
>type out for you what the book has, but I've never messed with one of
>these things before.
>
>Good luck,
>Ed Miller
>'58 Short fleetside Apache
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
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