I have had a similar paint experience as you! But mine was the WRONG color.
Similar but wrong. Probably I could have had the guy make good on the paint
but it took years to get the car to the point I could pull it from that shop
and take it elsewhere. So the paint stayed and I had to fix imperfections.
It was not pleasant.
Your generator polarization may not have been caused by ineptitude. They can
lose their residual magnetism over time. Re-flashing might be expected to be
needed routinely.
The ammeter should not have anything to do with the generator light staying on.
I agree that you should go thru the fault finding manual for the charging
system. It is simple and can identify a bad generator (or bad wires) as well
as a bad regulator. Since you swapped a known good regulator then presumably
the problem is the Dynamo or the wires.
The red generator light indicates the Dynamo is not putting out voltage. And
it also indicates (unless the warning light wire is shorted out somewhere) that
the wire from that regulator terminal to the Dynamo is ok.
But assume nothing is good until it is double checked and proven to be fine.
Check every wire for continuity and low resistance. Check that every wire is
connected to the proper terminals!
If you need a new regulator, then I can supply one. I make and sell electronic
regulator conversions. www.ClassicRegulator.com
-Tony
> On Jul 28, 2015, at 2:00 PM, triumphs-request@autox.team.net wrote:
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> but the generator light is back on. we thought it might be the voltage
> regulator, but we pulled it and tested it with nothing suspicious. plus i
> swapped in a regulator from a running car, with no change.
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