[Healeys] BJ8 Voltage regulator

[Michael Salter]

Hi Oliver, not sure if this will help but I  chased a similar problem many
years back which turned out to be caused by a poor but not completely
failed ground of the regulator E terminal.
Might be worth checking that carefully.

M

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 8:43 PM Oliver Viitamaki, <ov at telus.net> wrote:

>
>      What is the current thought on getting a replacement for a RB340
> Voltage Regulator? Which supplier? I'm at the moment not interested in
> sending the regulator in for a rebuild.
>
>      The car is still positive ground, and I'm leaning to a replacement
> mechanical regulator, assuming that a Lucas one can be found. I can be
> convinced to go electronic, and convert to negative ground, given enough
> evidence.
>
>       Background: I went to wash the car, and noticed that the red
> Ignition light came on, as it should, when the key was turned, went off
> as expected when the engine was idling. As soon as the engine was
> speed-ed up, at about 1500 rpm, the ignition light would brighten, come
> back on. Troubleshooting so far, I completed the Lucas RB340 generator
> checkout, procedure successfully, and as a crosscheck, I successfully
> ran it as a motor. Then I turned my focus to the Lucas RB340 regulator
> checkout procedure, and it showed that Open Circuit setting out of spec,
> could not be adjusted in and the swamp resistor was out of spec.
>
>      ov
>
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