Mine says touch the battery to the armature Kirk as opposed to touching it to
the field as some have replied. I hope I didnt miss type that information.
Tony
--- On Fri, 5/6/11, Kirk Smith <twotigers@verizon.net> wrote:
> From: Kirk Smith <twotigers@verizon.net>
> Subject: [Tigers] charging update
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 12:37 AM
> Well, I took the generator to a local
> auto electric shop, and not only was
> it polarized correctly, it had plenty of output. This
> was not really
> surprising- I didn't think a faulty wire or short in the
> ignition warning
> light would cause a generator to stop charging or reverse
> polarity, but the
> regulator points looked o.k. and nothing in the regulator
> was welded
> together, so I'm glad I could eliminate the generator
> itself. I checked the
> wiring for the charging system- nothing was harmed by the
> ignition light
> experiment. I had an old Filko regulator.always
> wanted one that said FoMoCo
> or Motorcraft, so that was the next thing on the
> list. Rick was out of
> them, so I headed on down to NPD (thanks for the
> suggestion, Bill) and got a
> concours looking regulator.
>
>
>
> Started up the Tiger and, BINGO- charging restored.
> Perhaps it was
> something internal in the old regulator.sure wasn't
> anything you could point
> a finger at.
>
>
>
> I still think it's interesting that there is about a 50/50
> split on
> polarizing the generator. Tony even has one that
> tells you to touch the
> field wire to the armature (generator) post to polarize it-
> and it's a Tiger
> regulator! I never did get brave enough to try
> that!!
>
>
>
> I'll get around to chasing down that ignition light problem
> another
> day.during the Winter!
>
>
>
> Thanks again to all for the many tips and suggestions.
>
>
>
> Kirk
>
> B382000503
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