Jim (and listeristi)
OK, checked it out. Before touching anything, I just threw the VOM on the
pos (grd) terminal, and on the engine, I just used a nut the holds the gen
in place (nice shiny new nut) and got .1 ohms resistance, so pretty good
ground. Rechecked the Pos terminal nut and the bolt holding the grd lead to
the firewall, nice and tight, then checked the ground strap on the
bellhousing, both sides tight. Took the cover off the regulator, looks OK,
don't know what everything does yet, but no obvious problems there. Is there
a quick and dirty way to know if it might be the generator or the regulator?
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
To: "Dan Gillitzer" <dang@ticon.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>; "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: Trip to Iola (now starting problem)
> Dan,
>
> To me, this smacks of a bad connection somewhere in the starter
> circuit or battery to earth. Check the ground strap between the engine
> and chassis. On my midget its on one of the clutch slave cylinder
> bolts. If your ground got loose, it would explain the sporadic nature
> of the thing.
>
> Lemme know what you find...
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
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