[Healeys] Dead generator

[J. Scott Morris]

Awe, Murphy is not that bad of aB fellow. B The law really isB bif it can
happen, it will happen.b. B 
And my own corollary is "Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives"
B 
Morrisbs Corollary:B B  Keep Smiling, Murphy LivesMurphy's Law and it's
derivatives exist for all time.B  We never know what will go right/wrongat the
best/worst time.B  We have only two options, weep or smile.B  Smiling makes it
easier when it goes wrong and makes it that much better when everything goes
right.B  Weeping onlymakes bad times worse and dampens the good times.B B  No
contest b keep smiling.B  Besides, it improves your face value.B  b J.
Scott Morris, April 10, 1984 B B 
--Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; '60 MkI BN7 & '62 MkII BT7
J. Scott Morris - Keep Smiling, B Murphy Lives

--- On Mon, 5/10/10, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Dead generator
To: "Ron" <ron.kraimaat at gmail.com>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Received: Monday, May 10, 2010, 4:34 AM

Curses, that Murphy is a nasty fellow!
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8


On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Ron <ron.kraimaat at gmail.com> wrote:

To all of you who read my cry for help and specificallly those who gave me
advise, here is an update.B B 

It took a while to get my generator problems fixed since I was on a one week
holiday first. I decided to take the easy approach: go back to the garage
(driving the HealeyB with the faulty generator still mounted) where I bought
the generator. My luck is that this garageowner repairs/owns/restores big
Healeys and is only half an hour away..

His first conclusion was that the voltage regulator was probably broken. After
having him convinced that I should have read generator output on my voltmeter,
he decided to get his and and some documentation. It looked like the generator
was not OK. He got a new generator and bolted it on my engine. I started the
engine and after about one second, the ignition light dimmed. Problem fixed!!

So this was another great example of Murphy's law, where both my old generator
and the new one showed exactely the same symptoms.

Best regards,
Ron Kraimaat
BJ8'64 Ph1