[Healeys] Problems with voltage regulator

[Alan Seigrist]

Maurice -

Your terminology is a bit vexing, but if I understand you correctly,
nothing in the Voltage Regulator should cause your car to stop running
if it is at idle.

Your problem is elswhere - first thing to check is to replace your
distributor rotor with a rotor that you know works.  There are many
bad rotors in healey land, and this sounds like a bad rotor.

Alan

On 3/17/10, Maurice Maxwell <maxandreb1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yesterday I backed my Healey out of the garage and drove it for about 10 min
> then home again.  While the engine was idling, it quit.  upon examination
> the armature arm on the cutout was stuck against the coil of the cutout.
> Pulling the armature from the cutout gave a spark.  Turning the car cutoff
> to off also releases the armature.  Can this be repaired or not?  If it can
> be repaired, what needs to be done?
>
> How complicated is it to change to an alternator?  And is this a better
> route to follow?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Max
> 1961 BT7
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