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Re: [oletrucks] Overcharge

To: "Barrett Revis" <snappydog@jackass.net>, <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Overcharge
From: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:32:42 -0500
I had a similar prognoses, but with different symptoms.  The contacts would
stick & after the truck was parked for only a few minutes, the battery was
dead.  I also think it was frying my generator.

Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrett Revis" <snappydog@jackass.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Overcharge


> Both my '51 pickup and my ''53 'burb had that same problem back in
> the 70's and early 80's; the contacts in the voltage regulators would
> stick.  I'd just pull over, pop the hood, and whack the voltage
> regulator with an empty 16 oz RC Cola deposit bottle to unstick it (I
> suppose you could use something else, that was just what I had handy
> at the time).  I did that for years.  It always amused my passengers,
> but this time around I replaced my generator/voltage regulator setup
> with a self regulating alternator for just this reason.
> Leave the engine running while you give it a firm whack, don't hit it
> hard enough to dent it or anything.
> Another alternative would be to pull apart the voltage regulator and
> clean and re-gap the contacts.
>
> > Pastorjon994@cs.com wrote:
> >Hey gang,
> >
> >My system is overcharging. The needle rides clear over on charge
> >most of the
> >time. I don't want to boil the battery out. Any ideas short of
> >replacing
> >the regulator. 6v system with generator.
>
>
> -- Barrett Revis, snappydog@jackass.net on 03/29/2001
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