[Tigers] Electrical Issue

[Ron Fraser]

Jim
    Since you think it is in the brown wire.
 
Start at the + side of the battery - make sure it has good contact
 
Check the starter relay connection for corrosion and good contact - NOTE you
need 2 wrenches to work on the any of the starter relay post - there are 2
nuts on each post - you will break the posts if you use just 1 wrench on
them.
 
Check the ammeter next - the spade connectors should be tight or you could
jumper the ammeter wires with a heavy wire jumper
 
Check wire connection at B post of the VR
 
Since you have most of the wires disconnected right now you should do a
continuity check on each wire and you should check each wire to ground just
in case there is broken insulation somewhere.
 
Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James
Lindner via Tigers
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 7:46 PM
To: Tiger List
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Electrical Issue


Hi Listers,
 
Thank you all for your feedback. I thought I would give an update. It seems
I have 2 problems. Everything went dead because it seems I have a loose
connection somewhere along the battery wire (brown) to the V/R. I suspect my
ammeter and the wiring for it have something to do with that. 
 
The bigger problem is that my car is still NOT charging. This was my
original problem and the reason I replaced the V/R in the first place. Now
my ignition warning light is on full time. Many of you felt it was the
generator, at least one believed it is a fault in the wiring. I too believed
it was a generator problem. So today I removed the generator and took it to
be rebuilt. I asked if we could bench test it before going through the
effort/cost of rebuilding. They hooked up the generator and it tested out
fine. We then added in the new and old V/Rs to the test. With the new V/R
hooked up with the generator, it tested out at 12.7v...a little anemic. But
with the old V/R connected (which I had just replaced), the test showed the
generator putting out a solid 14.5v (+/- a tenth or so).
 
Bottomline...generator and V/R tested out fine. So it's onto the wiring..
 
Again, thanks for all the input and given the updated info we are still open
to any ideas.
 
Jim
 
 

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