I'm with Dean on this one. I'd just add that replacing a wiring harness in
a spridget isn't tough, and, you could order one made for a 1973 that
already includes provisions for an alternator instead of a generator.
Dave R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Manuel" <cmanuel@wi.rr.com>
To: "'Spridgets'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:32 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Just can't figure these out (rant)
>
> Driving home I notice a smell, and it's not the usual oil one. Pop the
> hood
> in the driveway and I now have a melted blob of wires from the alternator
> and related trailing back.
>
> I had no other warning, no lights, radio worked fine, gauges were OK.
> Battery (about year old and tended to over the winter), was slightly
> discharged according to my meter.
>
> Sooo....
> Do I splice new wires or invest in a new loom?
> Get a new/ different alternator again? Or go safe and go back to a
> generator
> and regulator?
>
> I don't get it. I thought I squashed the charging problems about 250
> miles
> ago.
>
> Any thoughts better than my wife's welcome..
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