Randall Young wrote:
>Just out of curiosity, do you have any idea how they failed ? Your
> >sequence sounds awfully similar to what happened to me after I turned
> >the voltage regulator up ... fried generator every month or two during
> >the winter, then OK during the summer. In my case, the thrown solder
> >was obvious (although soldering the wires back didn't fix the problem >so
>presumably the armatures were also internally shorted).
Yes, you are pretty much spot on Randall.
With the first generator on my TR4 when I bought it the solder had been
thrown due to poor regulator adjustment (and I susspect the armatures were
gone too). The replacement died due to a bent bracket. I have a brand new
regulator on it too now, all works well...
Again, on when I bought my saloon the solder in the generator had been
thrown due to poor regulator adjustment. A friend gave me a replacement that
turned out to be broken as the small spade connector (F terminal??) at the
top was broken off. I traded in my friend's broken replacement on a rebuilt
generator and it has been going fine so far...
In hindsight, they are probably not all that unreliable, I was just stupid
in using them with bad regulators/brackets. They are still anemic with
headlights on though...
Cheers,
Michael
63' TR4
69' 2000
Sydney, Australia
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