>>look at the voltage regulator.<<
the lights work just fine, the car just won't start unless i jump it, which
just isn't condusive to going anywhere!!! we have followed the "testing in
position to locate fault in charging circuit" portion of the workshop
manual to no avail. (unsure what exactly a yoke is) but the reading we get
is only .5 ohms, where it should be (i think) 6. haven't looked into
polarity yet, but i'll do that tomarrow.
Thanks for the help
Patricia
-----Original Message-----
From Rick & Carolyn [mailto:walters at mail.softcom.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 1:52 AM
To: Patricia Sauthoff
Subject: Re: On the road
Hi Patricia,
Before tearing into the generator you might want to This is the device
that charges the battery, keeps the
voltage up high, etc. Also the generator might be the wrong polarity or
non polarized, it's an easy swap. Just a mater of touching a battery
post to the gen with a wire. It used to be a tech tip on puddlejumper's
web site. If you need some advice feel free to ask, but give us a
little more info on what she is doing. Lights won't work, won't turn
over, lights dim, etc.
Good luck
Rick
BTW I know the feeling on night shift, going back on nights tuesday,
ugh
Patricia Sauthoff wrote:
>
> Well, just an update for you all. I got my car, and my keys (finally)
and
> she runs quite well. The headlights are definitely out of place, and the
> generator isn't a fan of them being on, so there's my first project, but I
> think she likes me as much as I like her! Once I get that all worked out,
> and off this crazy graveyard shift, I think we'll get along even better!
> Now that she's up and running I'm filling my brain with more information
> than I can actually fit, so that when the time comes to really spend some
> time under the bonnet I'll be well prepared! Though I'd rather have that
> occur as far into the future as possible! (oops, it may be too late,
> depending on what's wrong with the old generator. please be just a coil!)
>
> Patricia
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