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<DIV>Jim,</DIV>
<DIV>People have found out that if the ground wire from engine to chassis is not
clean and tight that all kinds of problems crop up. If you haven't checked
that I would suggest that as one of your steps.</DIV>
<DIV>Mark</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/14/2015 7:46:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tigers@autox.team.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Listers,</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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).</DIV>
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<DIV>Bottomline...generator and V/R tested out fine. So it’s onto the
wiring..</DIV>
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<DIV>Again, thanks for all the input and given the updated info we are still
open to any ideas.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:jliny5@cox.net
href="mailto:jliny5@cox.net">James Lindner</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 10, 2015 8:37 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:tigers@autox.team.net
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Electrical Issue</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi All<BR><BR>I was
getting my Tiger ready for the season and I noticed that I was not getting a
charge at idle. The more the car warmed up, the more rpms it needed to keep
the ignition lite off. Over the years I have experienced problems keeping a
voltage regulator for any great length of time. They just seem to give up
after not so long. This time I did pretty well…it lasted over a year. I
checked the battery and generator just to be sure…the battery had a full
charge and the generator was generating.<BR><BR>So I switched out the v/reg
for one I purchased from SS as a backup last year. I have done this
installation a couple of times so I was confident, even with my minimal
skills.<BR><BR>I got the new v/reg in. Reconnected the battery but When I went
to polarize it (touch F wire and B wire momentarily per Shop Manual)…nothing.
I checked my connections (Brown to Batt terminal…Brn/Grn to Fld
terminal…Brn/Yel to Arm terminal) all were correct. I double checked
battery…full charge.<BR><BR>Thinking the v/reg might be bad, I reinstalled the
old one…same results…nothing.<BR><BR>I installed new one again…same
results.<BR><BR>The only other action I took was to disconnect the terminals
on the generator and cleaned them up. I checked to make sure I reconnected
them correctly.<BR><BR>I took a chance and turned on the
ignition…dead.</FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">After taking a break I went back out and
did some more inspection and testing. Not sure if it made a difference but I
found the battery wire (brown) spade connector at the fuse box loose. I
crimped it down and got a much tighter fit. The v/reg still would not polarize
so I then took some readings with my multimeter. Here are the
readings…</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Battery…………………………………………………….12.9v</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Batt Term @ V/reg…………………………..……..12.9v</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Battery term @ solenoid……………………..…..12.9V</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Battery Term @ Gen (end of case)…………..0</FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I
thought I should get a similar 12 something reading at the Batt terminal on
the generator. Any advice on where to make additional tests or anything else
is appreciated. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I am pretty much a neophyte at
this so please type slowly.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Thanks</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Jim
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