[Mgs] Electrical Saga Part 2 of 3

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PART 2

Long story short, if you're still with me, I suspected the 
generator.Took it to two different shops and saw that it was cranking 
out a 'massive' 17 volts.(not bad)With the generator checking out OK, I 
looked at the control box and the cutout points were gone...I mean 
burned away so thin you could hardly see any surface.OK, time to call 
Barney Gaylord (I had already emailed and downloaded everything 
pertinent from his web site: http://mgaguru.com) and he told me about 
the very "soft" points on the reprod control boxes.I had a second box 
and put that in and still no charge from the generator. Hmmmm.

I wasn't going to trust the new control bow anyway so I had a solid 
state unit fitted into the case of the original control box by Bob 
Jeffers of Wilton Auto Electrics, http://www.wiltonae.com

Installed the new solid state box and away we went ...... for 1 
week....no charge light again.OK, now I'm getting a bit disgruntled.So I 
checked, removed, cleaned, and Kopr-Shield every earth(ground) 
connection. Time to call Bob. Through emails and the phone Bob and I ran 
some tests and we concluded the generator was the culprit.I went over 
everything and found......I installed the brushes in their cages 90* off 
and they wouldn't contact the commutator.Yay!Wrong..no joy.

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Almost done!